CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID^E SMITH. 103 



The types of the Walker and Grote names are all in the British 

 Museum and they refer to one speeies only. Inn ulna is a somewhat 

 evenly colored form, with the cell but slightly contrasting; otherwise 

 there is no difference. Decolor Morr., of which I have also seen the 

 type, is the form in which there is considerable contrast between the 

 light and dark shades, while in type campestris the color is even and 

 the median lines become more marked. 



C. tessellata Harr.* 



1845. Harr., Rept. Ins. Mass., Agrotis. 



1860. Harr., Inj. Iiis., Flint, ed., 445, Agrotis. 



1877. Grt., Bull. Geol. Snrv., in, 118, Agrotis. 

 1883. Sauncl., Fruit Insects, 328, f. 340, Agrotis. 



malzi Fitch. 



18r>6. Fitch, 2d Rept. Ins. N. Y., 313, Agrotis. 



1865. Fitch, 9th Rept. Ins. N. Y., 237-249, pi. 4, f. 2 and B, Agrotis. 

 1874. Grt., Can. Ent. VI, 118, pr. syn. 



1878. Lint., Eut. Cont., IV, 122, pr. syn. 

 nigricansl Riley. 



1869. Riley, 1st Rept. Ins. Mo. ; 87, Agrotis. 



atropurpurea Grt. 



1877. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., in, 118, Agrotis. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 192, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. United States; Canada in June and July; New York; 

 Illinois, August and September; Colorado, Glenwood Springs, August 

 to October. 



Harris's type is in the Boston Society of Natural History. The type of 

 Mr. Grote's species is in the British Museum, and is merely a small 

 tessellata. It is a matter of the greatest surprise that Walker has not 

 redescribed the species. I think he considered it a form of tritici. 



C. albipennis Grt.* 



1877. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 118, Agrotis. 

 1880. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 175, Agrotis. 

 1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., xxi, 156, Agrotis. 



$ nigripennis Grt. 



1880. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 159, Agrotis. 

 1882. Grt., New List, 25, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains; 

 Colorado, Glenwood Springs in August; New Mexico; Canada; Massa- 

 chusetts in September; New York in August. 



The type is in the British Museum. 



C. spectanda Smith. 

 1890. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., xvn, 54, Agrotif. 



HABITAT. California. 



The type is with Mr. Neumcegeii. 



