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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUxM. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



UNIIED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



:rsro. ss. 



CONTRIBUTION TOWARD A MONOGRAPH OF THE INSECTS OF 

 THE LEPIDOPTEROUS FAMILY NOCTUID.E OF TEMPER- 

 ATE NORTH AMERICA-REVISION OF THE 

 SPECIES OF THE GENUS AGROTIS. 



BY 



JOHN B. SMITH, 



Professor of Entomolo/jy, liutf/era College, Xew Jersey. 



TVASHIXGTOX: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1890. 



