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festucae. Benentli very pale witli a light ocliroy lint. Thorax and head rosy, 

 collar with a lilac edge, hence differing decidedly from fextucae, in which the 

 head and collar are orange red and contrast with the darker tegulae. 



Expanse, 35 m. m. Habitat, Albany, N. Y. (coll. Mr. J. A. 

 Lintner, No. 2743). 



This species is throughout of a paler, more rosy-yellow hue than 

 its nearest ally, with which I have compared it, thinking to render 

 its identification the more ready. In naming this species after Mr. 

 George P. Putnam, of the Publication Committee of this Society, I 

 testify to an unfailing interest in the welfare of the Society, and a 

 constant appreciation of the educational value of a study of the 

 Natural Sciences. 



Flusia Ni {Hubner). 



Plusia Ni, Boisd., Ann. See. Ent. Beige. 

 Plusia brassicae, Riley. 



Habitat. California (coll. Mr. Hy. Edwards, No. 154; Mr. James 

 Behrens, No. 13). This is a species of apparently very general dis- 

 tribution, and the American specimens are not to be distinguished. 

 I have taken Plusia Ni abundantly in central Alabama, and from 

 my note book as early as February 20th. It varies in general tone 

 and in the occasional detachment of the guttiform spot beyond the 

 silver mark on the primaries, and these variations seem to have given 

 occasion to Professor Zeller's opinion that the American specimens 

 are distinct specifically from the European. 



Lepipolys perscripta (Guenee). 



Habitat, California (coll. Mr. James Behrens, No. 7). The hind 

 wings in the female are fuscous. The median lines are distinctly 

 geminate. 



Alaria florida {Guenie.) 



Habitat, Nevada (coll. Mr. Ily. Edwards, No. 25G2). 



