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R. exsettistigma Morr. 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvu, 166, Ayroli;. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vn, 26 = allernaia. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vn, 101, ? an sp. (list, dlteriia'n. 



1875. Grt., Hull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 303, sins]), (list. 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 79, Agrotis. 

 1887. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus., x, 450, Agrotis. 



observabilis Grt. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vn, 144, Agrotis. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Gcol. Surv., iv, 174, Agrotis. 



1887. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 451, ? pr. syn. 



HABITAT. California. 



The type of Mr. Morrison's species is uow in the Graef collection. 

 Mr. Grote's type in the British Museum is, as I suspected, the same 

 thing, the observabilis of the Neumosgen collection being correctly de 

 termined. The specimens labeled exsertistigma by Mr. Grote, now in 

 the British Museum, arc reddish examples offormalis. 



R. formalis Grt.* 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 61, Agrotis. 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 174, Af/rotis. 



1887. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 450, A gratis. 

 var facula Grt.* 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 82, Agrotis. 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 174, Agrotis. 



1887. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 451, Agrotis. 



insitlaris Grt. 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., HI, 82, Agrolit. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 31 formalis var. 



emarginata Grt. 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 82, Agrotis. 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., IV, 174, Agrotis. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 33, ? formalis var. 



HABITAT. California, February, April to June, October, November; 

 Vancouver; Portland, Oregon, in May and June; British Columbia. 



Types of each of the above species are in the British Museum. A 

 large series of bred specimens in the collections of the National Mu- 

 seum proves that the black-tipped collar is not a specific character in 

 this species, and that the black filling in the cell around the ordinary 

 spots is a variable quantity. The species named facula and formalis 

 by me agree with the types. Insular is is a somewhat more evenly red 

 brown form of facula, while emarginata is also the same species, but 

 quite uniform in color, the ordinary spots faintly outlined by yellow 

 scales. 



R. costata Grt.* 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 80, Agrotis. 

 exsertistigma t Grt. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vii, 26, Agrotis. 



1887. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 451, err. typ. 



binominalis Smith. 

 1887. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 451, Agrotis. 



