THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 71' 



Arctia virf^uncula^ (Kirby.) 



A specimen in fine condition. Except that the figures are smaller,. 

 Mr. Moeschler's representation of speciosa does not seem to me to differ. 

 I again repeat, provoked by Mr. Strecker's ill-advised remarks, that I 

 called the attention of American Entomologists to this fact in 1864, and 

 it seems to me that to be now charged with an ignorance of Mr. ]\Ioes- 

 chler's errors, when they were published by me ten years ago, is very 

 absurd and shows merely that Mr. Strecker's knowledge of American 

 Entomological works is not greater than that of ]\Ir. H. B. !Moeschler. 



Phragmatobia rubricosa^ (Harris.) 

 Habrosyne scripta, (Gosse.) 

 Thyatira pudens, Guenee. 



The single specimen is rubbed and appears to have the spots on the 

 forewings more greyish than usual. It expands 48 m. m. 



Agrotis gih'ipejifiis, Grote. 



As yet the only described species of the genus from America with 

 yellow hind wings. Specimens sent to Prof Zeller for examination were 

 kindly determined by him as allied to the Siberian A. chard'uiyi. 



Agrotis conjiua, (Tr.) 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Geo. Norman for some frag- 

 ments of Scotch specimens of this species, and although my comparisons 

 are not as absolute as I could wish, I feel little doubt that the twenty-four 

 specimens collected by Mr. Couper belong to this species, which is 

 apparently not well known on the Continent. Two Swiss specimens in 

 the collection of the Buffalo Society offer but unimportant differences, 

 while the species seems to vary in the intensity of the color 

 and distinctness of the markings. I have described this species and the 

 preceding in the Report of the Peabody Academy, and I am under 

 obligation to Mr. Geo. Norman for his assistance in this very interesting 

 determination. According to Dr. Staudinger, the species occurs in Ice- 

 land, where it is subject to great variation in color. 



Enrols occulta^ Hubner. 



The American specimens are generally more blackish than those from 

 the Continent of Europe, but seem to agree with the form taken in Scot- 

 land and the north of England. Mr. Lintner's Albany specimen was 

 more purplish and stouter, and like German specimens in the collection- 

 before me. 



