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irrorated with red, the markings reddish." This specimen, from 

 New York, is decolor also, and I have similar ones in my collection. 



375. Orthosia verberata Smith. — I am perfectly satisfied as 

 to' the distinctness of this species from ferrugineoides. To my 

 former notes I would add that this species generally has a more 

 or less distinct claviform, which ferrugineoides lacks. I have 

 both species from both Cartwright and Miniota, Manitoba. Ver- 

 berata occurs at Kaslo, and on Vancouver Island, but I have not 

 yet seen ferrugineoides fom west of the Rockies in Canada, though 

 Hampson lists a specimen from Glenwood Springs, Colo. Euro- 

 pean circell%ris Hufn., {ferruginea Schiff.) falls, as Hampson cor- 

 rectly places it, bstwesn the two. I have eleven British speci- 

 mens, and have examined more at the British Museum. With 

 a few of the specimens alone I should never have thought of separat- 

 ing it from ferrugineoides, and the secondaries in all are more 

 evenly dark, with slightly darker veins and pale costal region, 

 thus resembling verberata. There are vague traces of a claviform 

 in a few specimens. In most the general coloration is nearest 

 that of verberata — viz., interspersed with varying shades of brown 

 and rufous. The transverse lines are more distinct than is gener- 

 ally' the case m ferrugineoides, but less so than in verberata. Hamp- 

 son finds that verberata has the frons black at sides, and separates 

 it from the other two in the tables by this character. Brown, per- 

 haps, describes it better, but the character is by no means an ob- 

 vious one, some of my verberata having frons scarcely brown at 

 sides at all, whereas some circellaris distinctly have. 



It is interesting to note that in the present paper there are 

 presented three instances in which a European species has two 

 apparently distinct North American representatives. 



European N. American 



circellaris Hufn ferrugineoides Guen. 



and verberata Smith. 

 paleacea Esp decolor Walk. 



and infumata Grt. 

 umbra Hufn cilisca Guen. 



and exprimens Walk. 

 In two of these cases, however, I appear at present to be 

 unsupported by other opinions. 



