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was " Fruva modesta," and the dark form in the series may be 

 ohsoleta. I possess tortricina compared with the type, and have a 

 note saying that ohsoleta (also type) is probably the same species. 

 Hampson makes modesta a dull form of tortricina, but he has not 

 seen the type. I feel sure that tortricina at least is in the Heath 

 collection. 



Homopyralis contracta Walk. 



Mycterophora slossonice Hulst. Dr. Dyar has found that this 

 is a Noctuid genus. 



Drasteria erechtea Cram. 



Drasteria crassiuscula Harv. A good series of these two 

 species, and as far as could be judged, fairly well separated. 

 Males are not always separable without reference to the genitalia. 

 Amongst both series were some peculiarly small forms. 



Drasteria distincta Neum. 



Euclidia cuspidea Hbn. 



Melipotis nigrescens G. & R. 



Melipotis versahilis Harv. 



Syneda hudsonica G. & R. 



(The Catocalas were determined by Messrs. Barnes and 

 McDunnough.) 



Catocala Manitoba Beut, 



Catocala cratcegi Saund. 



Catocala abbreviatella Grt., and var. ichitneyi Dodge. 



Catocala coccinata Grt. 



Catocala cerogama Gn. 



Catocala zoe Berh. Dr. McDunnough says that this is prob- 

 ably a good species, and not a variety of ilia. 



Catocala parta Gn. 



Catocala nnijuga Walk., and var. lucilla Worthington. This 

 latter is apparently on Mr. Beutenmiiller's authority. Dr. Mc- 

 Dunnough says that to his knowledge the name hicilla has not been 

 published, but that the specimen in question is probably a faded 

 variety of iinijuga. Lucilla is unknown to me. In Smith's Cata- 

 logue it stands as a synonym of nnijuga, apparently on the authority 

 of Hulst. Sir George Hampson treats it as a synonym of semi- 

 relicta. 



