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56. Agrotis cupida Grote. 



A single specimen, without number, sent by Mr. Behrens, belongs 

 apparently to this species. 



57. Agrotis subgothica (Haw). 

 Agrotis jaculifera Guen. 



Two fresh specimens sent by Mr. Hy. Edwards under the number 

 4656, from Vancouver Island. The colors are more intense, else I see 

 no differences from our Eastern material. 



22. Mamestra illaudibilis Grote. 

 Mamestra laudabilis Grote, Ante p. 157. 



Both sexes are sent by Mr. Hy. Edwards, from Vancouver Island of 

 this species, which agrees in size with the Eastern laudabilis, . and in the 

 lunulations of the median lines. The Western species differs by the 

 tegulae being lined with black, by the median space being wholly black, 

 by the sub-basal and sub-terminal spaces being greenish white, and 

 apparently by the smaller reniform. The bright green tint of laudabilis 

 is wanting. The white hind wings have the median nervules soiled with 

 fuscous, and the $ has a blackish clouding in the disc. The abdomen 

 is whitish, over fuscous. California; Vancouver Island, Nos. 5580 and 

 5581, Mr. Hy. Edwards. 



58. Mamestra oliracea Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. Hist., 1874, 143. 



To this species I would refer a specimen from Colorado, sent by Mr. 

 Theo. L. Mead, under the No. 41, one from Canada sent by Mr. Saunders, 

 and two from Vancouver Island sent by Mr. Hy. Edwards, under the 

 No. 5580. It is distinguishable from M. 4-li/ieata, M. laudabilis and *M. 

 illaudabilis by the fuscous hind wings, and from the two latter by the 

 greater evenness of the median lines. It is a little larger than any of the 

 other species and bears a certain resemblance to Hadeiia modica. Besides 

 these, five specimens from Vancouver Island seem merely to differ by 

 being a little smaller and more blackish, the fore wings a little shorter, the 

 white subterminal line sometimes showing a ruddy and pale blotch before 

 it, near the internal margin, and in one specimen the t. p. line tinted with 

 reddish. They agree in the fuscous secondaries and in the comparative 

 evenness of the median lines, while the median space varies a little 

 in width. These latter specimens bear the number 5579. 



