CONTRIBUTION TOWARD A MONOGRAPH 



OF THE 



INSECTS OF THE LEPIDOPTEROUS FAMILY NOCTUIDI 



or 



TEMPERATE NORTH AMERICA. 



REVISIOX OF THE .SPECIES OF THE CxEXUS AGROTIS. 



BY 



JOHN B. SMITH, 



Professor of Entomology, Rutgers College, New Jersey. 



WITEI FIVE PLATES. 



WASHINGTON . 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

 1890. 



