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Croup j — Secondaries yellow with black bands or band : 



Neogama Guen., abundant ; reared on Walnut. 



Subnata Grote, not rare. 



Piatrix Grote, abundant. 



Palaeogama Guen., very abundant. 



Var. Phalanga Grote, not abundant. 



Habilis Grote, not abundant. 



Serena Edwards, not abundant. 



Nebulosa Edwards, not rare in 1874. 



Cerogama Guen., rare. 



Illecta Walk., rare ; taken in July feeding on blossoms of Catalpa. 



Giynea Cram., abundant; appears early. 



Minuta Edwards, not abundant. 



Polygama Guen., not rare. 



Var. Mira Grote, not abundant. 



Var. Pretiosa Lintner, not abundant. 



Fratercula G. & R., rare ; one specimen taken. 



Androphila Guen., not abundant. 



Var. Lineella Grote, not abundant. 



Forty Species and Varieties. 



NOTES ON NOCTURE:. 



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]3Y A. R. GROTE, 



Director of the Museum, Buffalo Society Natural Sciences. 



Segetia fidicularia Morr. 



This species, which I have referred to Caradrina and as a synonym 

 of C. multifera Walk., in the Check List, seems to me identical with the 

 European Caradrina orbicularis S. V. A single European specimen of 

 the latter has the common line beneath more extended, the hind wings 

 whiter ( $ 's compared) ; these characters are not, I think, likely to be 

 constant. There are no other differences. I have a single poor Call- 



