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Type: A. signifera. 

 = Rhizagrotis Sm. 1890. 



130. abnormis Sm. California. 



131. prodivis Sm. Arizona. 



132. acdivis Morr. Colorado; Texas; Arizona. 



opaca Harv. 



133. iianalis Grt. Nevada. 



134. albicosta Sm. Colorado; New Mexico. 



135. apicalis Grt. Colorado; New Mexico. 



136. lagena Grt. Arizona; Utah; Nevada; California. 



137. albalis Grt Nevada; Colorado. 



138. cloanthoidesGrt.*) Colorado. 



Subgen. Agronoma Hb.**) 1818. 

 Tvpe: A. valligera (vestigialis). 

 = Feltia Wlk. Sm. 1890. 



139. olivia Morr, Utah. 



140. longidens Sm. New Mexico. 



*) Judging froin figures, m_v cluanthoides resembles tue European 

 signifera. Smith in the Revision unites albalis and cloant beides; in 

 the Synonymic Catalogue he considers them good varieties „at least". I should 

 think so. The two are distinct specied. Albalis has a white bloom over 

 the primaries; cloanthoides is smooth, sordid white, with brownish cloantha 

 like markings, the type and sole specimen I saw is in coli, (iraef froin Colorado. 

 If the „shabliy epecimen in coli. Bailey" is wrongly labelled albalis and is 

 really cloanthoides (which I am doubtful abont) theu somebody onght to 

 take the label oflf and ticket the epecimen correctly. My memory is that there 

 wer§ two good types of albalis in coli. British Museum from my coUection. 



*•) If any one had mentioned to Mr. Walker at tlie tirae that, in 

 describing liis Feltia ducens, he was siniply redescribing Agrotis 

 jaculif era Gn., he would most probably have been thankful for the information 

 and dropped bis Ms. into the waste paper basket where it projjerly belonged. 

 Reason «nough for Mr. Smith to adopt tbis name without a word of censure 

 in the Revibion. Walkcr's diagnosis gives no characteristic inarks and if there 

 ever was a genus „founded in ignorauce" then it is Feltia. Hut Mr. Smith 

 keeps tbis censure for my genus Carneades, for wliicb 1 give the ossential 

 charactcr, the clyjjea! tubercle, wbicb I am the first to discuver in Agrotis, 

 and tbis merely because I did not refer to it all the species with tbis 

 character, but only nioercns and citricolor. AVhen he was writing bis 

 Revision, Smitli knew tbat, wIicq I found IIk; tubercle, 1 bad no longer my 

 colb'ction and bad no timc to carry out my observations. The Kuropean type 

 of Agronoma seems certainly to be vestigialis. I kept tlie American forma 

 together in my Lists. Smith erroneously cites ,jaculifera var. Gn.", to hie 

 Bubgofbica, wbicb is really jaculifera fype, prcsuiuabl y to establish bis 

 incorrect .•■ynoiiymy. As a rcsuit of Smiths efTorts Mr. Slingerland is now 

 calling our common A prol is jacul ifera, „Feltia subgoth ica"! (a specific 

 nam(! which, accordinp toMr.Tutt.beJongs to tbeKnuIisb tritici'iand our common 

 Agrotis t r i cosa, ,F el t i a j ac u 1 i f (^ r a"! And tiiis confusion is carried 

 into economic literature and is tlie result of that action I liave always deplored, 

 the use of new nann-H of disputable correctness in populär literature designed 

 for the nractical or farniing interest. I advise Mr. Slingerland to use the nameB 

 herc adopted and wbicb h;ive only been chaiigcd by me in the rejection of 

 ßubgotbica and the Substitution of its synonym jaculifera as givon in 

 my Lists. 



