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cases where Prof. Smith in his Catalogue of Noctuida» gives the 

 types as being in the Snow and Neumoegen collections, we think 

 that the Snow Collection should have the preference, Prof. Snow 

 being the original collector. Concerning several species as given 

 in Hunter's list, the following notes ma>- be of \alue: — 



Noctuidae. 

 Hadena burgessi Morr. 



This is not the type of burgessi Morr., but of discors Grt., 

 described from Idaho Springs, Colo., in Proc. Kan. Acad. Sci. 

 VII, 04; Prof. Snow had evidently rearranged the collection ac- 

 cording to Smith's Check List, in which discors Grt. is made a 

 s\nonym of burgessi Morr., for the name burgessi Morr. stands 

 alongside a series of three specimens, two of which are true burgessi 

 from the East, and the third specimen bears the label " Idaho Spgs., 

 Colo." and the red disk beneath, and is without doubt the type of 

 discors, agreeing with the original description in every particular. 

 The species, discors, is however wo/ a synonym of burgessi Morr., 

 and is not even an Hadena, but belongs in the genus Anytus, with 

 spined hind tibia?, and will take priority over vinela Sm., described 

 from Denver and Glcnwood Spgs., Colo. We would call particular 

 attention to the fact that the original description of discors Grt. 

 distinctly states that the hind wings have a "black, distinct, in- 

 completely-broken terminal line," and the thorax has "a fine line 

 or collar and tegula? lined with black," which docs not apply to 

 burgessi Morr.; various other points in the description of the 

 primaries cannot apply to burgessi Morr., but do most distinctly 

 apply to the Colorado Anytus. 



Oncocnemis major (irt. 



Under this name is a specimen bearing the label Oncocnemis 

 curvicollis Grt. with red type disk, from Arizona; this may be one 

 of the three originals from which the description was drawn up, 

 but Smith states that the types of curvicollis are in the National 

 Museum, Neumoegen and Gra^f Collections; the matter will bear 

 further investigation. The type of major Grt. is in the British 

 Museum. 



