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tunity to study. What pleased me most was the capture of a 

 pair of Mycetophagus tenuifasciatiis Horn in a small brown fungus 

 growing on wild cherry; the specimens were taken August 24th 

 and September 29th; since then I have found the same fungus 

 on white oak. 



The early part of the season was favorable for Chrysomlidce, 

 and yielded many good things, but the drought cut vegetation 

 so that the latter part of the season was poor. 



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TYPE8 IN THE NEUMQEGEN GOLLECTION.-III. 



WITH A FEW NOTES THEREON. 



By Dr. RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI. 



THYATIRID^E. 



Euthyatira lorata tf Grt. Washington Terr., Morrison. 

 Bombycia semicircularis tf Grt. Washington Terr., Morrison. 



NOCTUIDyE. 



Acronycta quadrata $ ($) Grt. Nebraska. 

 Acronycta edolata tf 9 (^9) Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Rhynchagrostis bimarginalis $ (9) Grt. Hot Springs. 

 Rhynchagrostis crenulata cf (9) Smith. California. 

 Adelphagrotis stellaris 9 (J 1 ) Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Abagrotis erratica $ ( 9) Smith. California. 

 Pachnobia monochromatea $ Morr. Boston, Mass., Morrison. 

 Pachnobia manifesto. $ Morr. Locality not given. Morrison. 

 Pachnobia elevata tf Smith. Colorado, Bruce. 

 Pachnobia scropulana 9 Morr. Mt. Washington, Morr. 



A note by Mr. Neumoegen says that this is a synonym of 

 Pachnobia wockei Moeschl. 

 Pachnobia clavifonnis rf Morr. New Hampshire, Morrison. 



A note says this is a synonym of Pachnobia salicarum Walk. 

 Setagrotis planiformis 9 Smith. British Columbia. 



A note says this is a synonym of Noctua vocalis Grt. 

 Peridronia grandipennis < Grt. Hot Springs. 

 Peridroma tenuescens $ Smith. Nebraska, Morrison. 

 Noctua clemens $ Smith. California. 

 .\octiia invenusta 9 Grote. 



This is a synonym of Noctua vocalis Grt., which was rechrist- 

 ened Setagrotis planiformis by Smith. Thus Grote named it 

 twice, and Smith once, verily quite a baptism. 



