THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



•Noctua dandestina — 19th June to July; common; at sugar and lime 



blooms. 



briuineicollis — 2nd July to September; rare; at sugar. 



alternate* — 1st July to September; very common ; at sugar. 



cupida — 17th July to August ; frequent ; at sugar. 



rubi ? — 4th August ; rare ; at sugar. 



Agrotis her His — 31st July to September ; very common ; at rest, sugar 



and light. 



tricosa — 3rd August to September ; very common ; at rest, sugar 



and light. 



subgothica — -9th August to September ; not so frequent as the 



above two species ; at rest, sugar and light. 

 All three species. in abundance on flowers of 

 Thistle ( Cirsium arvense) and unexpanded 

 flowers of Venbascum thapsus. 



fe?inica- — 10th August; one specimen at rest in the Montebello 



Gardens. 



— — — gladiaria. N. sp. Morr.-Sept. 5th; not unfrequent at sugar and light. 



— . tesselata — 29th June ; bred from larva found in abundance at the 



roots of Malva rotundifolia in May ; after- 

 wards to 2nd of July, swarming; at sugar^ 

 rest and at lime blooms. Many remarkable 

 aud beautiful varieties. 



— • Cochrani — 27th July ; bred afterwards; common ; at sugar and 



rest to September. 



saucia — 14th August; not uncommon ; at sugar. 



stiff usa — 2nd June to October; swarming at sugar, flowers and 



light. 



venerabilis — 6th September ; not uncommon : at light and sugar; 



also bred. 



Aplecta pressa. N. sp — 6th July ; lime blooms and at rest ; several. 



herbida — 2 7th June to September ; common at rest ; less frequent 



at sugar. 



nimbosa — 6th August ; rare ; at sugar. 



latex — 30th May to June ; not uncommon ; at rest. 



Ammoconia bcidicollis — 31st July ; rare ; at sugar. 

 Hadena sitbjuncta — 2nd July ; rare at sugar. 



vicina. N. sp. — 4th June ; rare at sugar. 



eonfusa — 8th May ; rare at palms. 



