246 lU'LLF.TIN II, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



c: ]Sc\v York, Juno, .July. August; Illinois, August and Septem- 

 ber; Texas in April: Delaware in .June. 



The types are in the British Museum. Mr. Butler's characters for 

 the genus seem good. Nuria Harvey, belongs to Stihadiuin. 



O. carneola Smith. 



1S!)1. Smith, Trnns. Am. Ent. S<>c.. xvm, 110, Tclcsilla. 

 1X91. Smith. List Lepidoptera, 51, Of/ducunia. 



HABITAT. Las Vega% New Mexico. 

 The type is in the Neumoegen collection. 



Genus BEHRENSIA Grt. 

 1875. Grt.. Can. Ent., vn, 70. 



B. conchiformis Grt. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vn, 71, Jichrennia. 



1875. Grt., List Noctuida', pi., f. 6, Ili-ln-ciixia. 



1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soe.. xxi, 1H4. /iclirrnxin. 



HABITAT. California; Portland, Oregon, April and May. 



The type is in the British Museum. The species is one I had never 

 seen before and is one of the most beautiful of our noctuids. 1 have 

 since seen several specimens, all taken at light, and all of them in such 

 poor condition that the brilliancy of the species could not be appre- 

 ciated. 



Genus ABROSTOLA Orhs. 

 1810. Ol>s., Srhmott. Em-., iv, 88. 



A. ovalis Gn. 



1S.-.2. Gn., Spec. Gru . Nm-t., n, 322, Mmmioln. 

 1S57. Wlk., ('. 15. Mus., Het., xn,l<83, Aliroxlola. 



HABITAT. Canada in August; Xew York: New Jersey; Pennsyl- 

 vania; Massachusetts in June and August. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



A. mentis Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 322. pi. 11. f. 11, Aliroslola. 

 1X.Y7. Wlk.,C. 13. Mus., Hut., xn, 883, AbrostoUi 

 1<S7.~>. Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvi, 159, Abr<>NloI<(. 



HABITAT. Nova Scotia, southward to District of Columbia; Middle 

 and Central States, July and August. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



Genus DEVA AVlk. 

 1857. Wlk., C. H. Mus., Her., xn, 9G2. 



D. purpurigera Wlk." 



1858. Wlk.,C. B. Mns., Het., xiv, 1791, D<-ni. 

 IS71. Grt., Hull. Huff. Soe. Nat. Sfi.. n, 30, 1'his'ia. 

 1XS1. Grt., Papilio, I, 35, l)i-rn. 



HABITAT. Canada; New York; Colorado; New Mexico; Eastern 

 and Northern States, June, July, August. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



