%l\t €mi\im\ Jntomolatibt. 



VOL. XXVri. LONDON, NOVEMBER, 1895. No. 11. 



FELTIA SUEGOTHICA, Haworth, or AGROTIS (Subgen. 

 AGRONOMA) JACULIFERA, Guenee, WHICH ? 



BY M. V. SLINGERLAND, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, N. Y. 



The latest statement of this case by the two recognized authorities, 

 Mr. Grote and Prof. J, B. Smith, is as follows : 



From "Bull. 44, U.S. Nat. Miis., p. 81 (1893)," by J. B. Smith, 

 Fcltia stibgoihica, Haw. 



j acid if era, van Gn. 

 jactUifera, Gn. 

 iricosa. Lint. 

 From " List of N. Am. Europteridae, * * * g^i^jj Agrotidae 

 p. 24 (1895)," l^y A- ^- Grote, 



Subgen. Agronoma. 

 Agrotis jaculifera, Gn. 



subgot/iica, Auct. nee Haw. 

 tricosa, Lint. 



Jaadifera, Sm. in err. 

 Jacuiifera, var. A, Gn. 



From 1 87 3, whenyrt!,;/^///"^r«, Gn. was first placed in the synonymy of 

 sul\i;othica, Haw. by Mr. Grote, until 1890, all American entomologists 

 accepted the reference and did not use Guene'e's name. In 1874, Dr. 

 Lintner described Gueriee's jacu/i/era, var. A, as a distinct species — tricosa, 

 and correctly restricted Mr. Grote's herilis (described in 1873) to jacuii- 

 fera, var. B, Gn. Prof. Smith's revision of the synonymy (Bull. 38, U.S. 

 Nat. Mus., p. in) was made in 1890, principally on the authority of Mr. 

 Butler, who said the year before that ''tricosa, Lint., is \.y'^\c2\ jacuiifera ; 

 herilis is a poor variety." Mr. Grote bases his recent revision on the 

 authority of Mr. Tutt, who stated (Can. Ent., XXIII., 159 and 202) : " I 

 think there can be no doubt that Haworth's description applies to a well- 

 known variety oi Agrotis tritici'^ 



