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Phuphena Walk. All the specimens of u-album which I have so far 

 had an opportunity of examining, and which have possessed 

 hind tibiae, have had a spine between the pair of spurs, and 

 the species is, therefore, probably an Agrotid. 



Acronycta Ochs. I had hoped to see fewer species here. I have 

 found it difficult to get hold of much material in many groups 

 of this genus, and so closely do some of the species approxi- 

 mate one another, that opinions formed from examination 

 of too limited material of doubtful forms, are rather risk}'. 

 The authors have seen far more than the writer, and the benefit 

 of the doubt has probably favoured numbers. I am glad to 

 see modica next exilis, but should like to see clarescens (2442) 

 next hcEsitata (2437), and mcreta (2452) next indara (2444). 

 The identity of hamamelis has again been under dispute. 

 Minella I believe to be a variety of fragUis. 

 Lepuscnlina Cinderella, canadensis, popiili and chionochroa are 

 certainly well placed very close together, but are very doubt- 

 fully five species. If vtdpina Grt. and sancta Hy. Edw. are 

 really forms of leporina, that may be North American after 

 all, though I had decided that it was not. I still claim that 

 mcEsta is a variety of cretata, though it is here listed as distinct. 

 Eldora Sm. stands as a variety of americana, probably correctly. 

 Distans and impressa stand apart for future judgment. 

 Dolorosa stands as a var. of distans, in accordance with its 

 author's description, and emacidata as var. of impressa. I see 

 no reason for separating dolorosa from impressa. 



Andropolia Grt. Illepida seems correctly referred to diver silineata. 

 The type material of resoliita, similarly referred, included an 

 almost white variety. 



Hyppa Dup. Rectilinea is on the "omitted" list, as not North 

 American. Xylinoides replaces it in our fauna, but I find 

 them more nearly related than I once thought. 



Pyrrhia Hbn. The name cilisca is omitted, and exprimens and 

 stilla are referred as varieties of umbra, with angulata a 

 synonym of exprimens. The distinctness of umbra and cilisca 

 is perhaps doubtful, but I think the omission of the latter 



