86 BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P. fusca Btlv. 



1834. Bdv., Ic. Hist. de. Lepid., pi. 48, f. 4, Agrolis. 

 1864. Mceschl., Wien. Ent. Mouatschr., VI, 197, Agrotis. 



septentrio'nalis'Moeschl. 



1862. Mceschl., Wien. Ent. Monatschr., iv, 133, pi. i, f. 3, Agrolis. 

 1870. McescM., Stett. Ent. Zcit., xxxi, 268, pr. syn. 



patula Wlk. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 329, Agrotis. 



HABITAT. Labrador; Rocky Mountains. 



Walker's type is in the British Museum, and agrees fully with speci- 

 mens of septentrionalls sent me by Moeschler as typical, years ago. I 

 have never before seen it from the Rocky Mountains, and there is a 

 margin of possibility that larger material will develop points of dif- 

 ference that I do not find now. 



P. tripars Wlk.* 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 78, MytMmna. 



1882. Grt., 111. Essay, 41, ? an Agrotis. 

 worthingioni Grt. 



1880. Grt., No. Am. Ent., i, 91, Agrotia. 



HABITAT. New York; Indiana. 



The types of both names are in the British Museum. The species is 

 a familiar one to me; but I had, following Mr. Morrison, doubtfully 

 identified it with Eucoptocnemis fimbriaris Gn., than which it is nar- 

 rower winged with almost the same maculation. Its association with 

 the species of this genus is probably correct; but I have had no oppor- 

 tunity to examine a male critically. I have a specimen compared with 

 the type. The National Museum specimens are under the name Eucop- 

 tocnemis fimbriaris, labeled by Mr. Morrison. 



P. rileyana Morr.* 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvn, 166, Agrotis. 



1875. Morr., Proc. Acad. Nat. "Sci. Phil., 58, Agrotis. 



HABITAT. New York; Illinois; Missouri; Kansas; New Mexico; 

 Colorado; Texas. 



A specimen marked "type" is in the British Museum; others are in 

 the National Museum and in theTepper and other collections, all refer- 

 ring to the same species. Mr. Morrison was very liberal in marking 

 types of this species. 



P. texana Grt. 



1863. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., n, 273, pi. vi, f. 2, Agrotis texanua. 



1881. Grt., Papilio, i, 127, 153, 1=se.getum. 



1883. Grt., Papilio, in, 76, an sp. dist. 



1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 154, Carneades. 



H ABIT AT. Texas. 



The types, S and 2 , are in the collection of the American Entomo- 

 logical Society. In the British Museum is a specimen labeled texana by 



