226 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



similar shade band. Black dots mark the stigmata ; the rounded t. a. 

 line is also followed by a darker shade. Variable in tone and distinctness 

 of the three shade bands. Hind wings and under surface much as in 

 tortricina. Texas, Belfrage, Nos. 125 and 126, July 6, 8. 



Agrotis turris Grote. 



Under this name, which I communicated to Mr. Norman before his 

 leaving for Europe, I drew up the description from Canadian specimens 

 (sent me by Mr. Norman), which has since been published under the 

 determination " Cinereomacula Morr.," in the Proc. of the Phil. Acad. 

 of N. Sciences. I made this alteration in the proofs because Mr. Mor- 

 rison sent me a specimen of turris as his "cinereomacula," previously 

 imperfectly described by him in the Boston Proceedings. Upon Mr. 

 Morrison's request I sent him my specimens. On their return I am 

 surprised to find that he declares his " cinereomacula " to be something 

 different, and returns me my own specimens as his types under a new ms. 

 name of his, thus suppressing my own prior designation for the species 

 which I had previously communicated to him and had only abandoned 

 in consequence of his own determination. The species will be known 

 under the above name of turris. 



Agrotis mimallonis Grote. 



I have, through the kindness of my correspondents, been very recently 

 able to compare my types of this species and rufipennis Grote. The 

 names are synonymous, the latter name having been founded on a speci- 

 men with obliterate ornamentation. Both specimens are from New 

 York, and I had returned Mr. Mead's type long previously to receiving 

 Mr. Lintner's. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



The specimens illustrated on the accompanying Photographic Plate 

 were taken at St. Catherines or Orillia by Mr. George Norman, of Cluny 

 Hill, Forres, Scotland, and are interesting since they are mostly types of 

 new species described in these pages. Their discovery is due to the 

 scientific enthusiasm of Mr. Norman, who has spent two years in Canada 

 to the benefit of Entomological knowledge and the pleasure of his North 

 American friends. 



The following is the explanation of Plate 1 : 



1. Parastichtis gentilis (Grote). Male type. 



