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Territory. It has not been introduced, but is apparently an unchanged 

 survival since before the Glacial Epoch, when the fauna of Siberia, nor- 

 thern Europe and boreal America had much in common. 



Mr. Davis has given me some common Staten Island Noctuidce, and 

 it is strange that these few species should have among their number at 

 least two southern visitants which probably do not hibernate successfully 

 on Staten Island. I hope local lists will soon be published by the Staten 

 Island Natural Science Association, and the following may serve as a 

 slight introduction thereto : 



Apatela occidentalis G. cn R. July 30. 

 Agrotis saucia Hiibii. Oct. 15. 



II clandestina Harris. June 24. 

 Mamestra trifolii Rott. Aug. 15. 



II renigera Steph. June 8. 

 Hadena devastatrix Brace. Aug 15. 



II dubitans Walk. m 



Prodenia flavimedia Ha7-vey. Aug. 9. 

 Laphygma frugiperda Abb. 6^" Sm. Aug. and Oct. 

 Autumnalis Riley. 



Orthosia ferrugineoides Guen. Oct. 15. 

 Anomis erosa Hiibn. Oct. 20. 

 Aletia argillacea JIub?i. Oct. 7. 

 Eucirroedia pampina G^ieji.. Sept. 2. , 

 Pyrrhia exprimens Walk. July 22. 

 Lygranthoecia marginata Haw. July and Aug. 

 Plusia precationis Guen. July 22. 

 Syneda graphica Hiibn. May 15. 



Among the southern visitants I once took a specimen of the strange 

 Noctuid, Sylectra Erycata Cram., on the Battery, New York City. Its 

 home is, I believe, Surinam ; it had certainly wandered far. The Blue 

 and Green Sphinx, Argeus Labruscce Linn., has been taken in New 

 Jersey. This species probably does not breed within the Hmits of the 

 United States, although since Mr. Thaxter has bred Euthisanotia Timais 

 in southern Florida, we may expect that the Florida Colony of tropical 

 Lepidoptera embraces many West Indian moths, 



