90 AUG. R. OROTE. 



to authorize any separation. With regard to augur, no comparison has 

 been made, and our species may be different. No actual comparison 

 has been made by us of segi'tum and texauus, but, after receivinjj;- speci- 

 mens of the former, our species is believed to be identical. The Cali- 

 fornian species identified as hjcarum may not be the same, and indeed 

 it is only with diflSculty to be separated from Cochranli A species 

 has also been lately taken by Mr. George Norman, in Canada, wiiich 

 appears to be the same as the European A. rubi (rubella Tr.). 



Mr. George Norman has kindly communicated to me his dates of 

 capture of the species of Agrotis at St. Catherines, Canada, and I sub- 

 join his statements. 



A. sigmoides ( Cwen.). Juno 29. Not uncommon during July and August at 

 sugar. 



A. augur iFabr.). July 3, at sugar, afterwards common during the month. 



A. baja {S. V.) August 3, to September, at sugar. 



A. C--nigrum (Linn.). August 2, to September, exceedingly common. 



A. Normanianus Grote. July 31, up to September, not uncommon at sugar. 



A. bicarnea ( Gi<en.). July 31, to September, common. 



A. cupida Grote. July 17, to August, not common. 



A. herilis Grote. July 31, afterwards very common at sugar. 



A. tricosa Lintner. August 3, afterwards yery common to September, at rest 

 and in breeding cage. 



A, subgothica (Haw.). August 9, at rest, afterwards to September both at sugar 

 and at rest as common as the preceding two species. 



A. rubi ( Viewig). August 4, rare at sugar. 



A. volubilis Harvey. September 6, at light and from breeding cage, not com- 

 mon. 



A. fennica (Tan-srh.). August 10, at rest on paling, only one specimen. 



A. tessellata Harris. June 30, afterwards swarming to end of July. 



A. clandestina (Hams). June 19, bred, afterwards to July common at sugar. 



A. brunneicoUis Grote. September 4, one at sugar. 



A. alternata Grote. July 1, bred, afterwards common at sugar to September. 



A. Cochrani RUey. July 27, bred, afterwards very common at sugar and rest to 

 September. 



A. saucia Hilbtur. August 14, at sugar to September, not common. 



A. suifusa (<S'. V.). June 5, at sugar, very common to September. 



KiiroiN preNMiis, Grote. — 5 9 • — A. slender bodied species of small size for 



this genus, resembling Schccnhervi, H.-S. fig. 598, distinguished from the smaller 



forms described under Aplecta by Giiende, and which I have referred to Mames- 



tra, by the naked eyes. The middle and hind tibiae are spinose. The antenna; 



simple, scaled above, and setose beneath, not brushlike in the male. The color 



is a dusky gray and the species shows an affinity with E. hcrbida by the prima- 

 ries being more or less distinctly shaded with green, principally from the base 



outwardly over the reniform, and along the submedian interspace. Orbicular 



