CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID^ SMITH. 73 



IlABiTAT. — Northern, Middle, and Eastern States; Canada in July; 

 Massaeliusetts and New York, June and July. 



Mr. liutler has succeeded in mixing" up several distinct species under 

 tliis name. Suhporjjhi/n'a, j)hi/lh>pli(>ra, alteniata, and variata are all 

 jjood species. On tlie otlier hand tlie type of erioifiis is simply a some- 

 M'liat suft\ised form, in which the basal and costal spaces are mottled 

 with yellow. 



N. rubifera Grt.* 



1875. Grt., Cim. Ent., viii, ^07, 227, pi. i, f. 14, Af/rotis. 



rubi t Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vn, 207, Af/rolis. 



dahlii var. A, Gn. 

 18.52. Gn., Sp. Gen., Noct., I, 332, Noctua. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 393, (iraplnphora. 



Habitat. — Northern and Eastern States; Canada, in .Inly; New 

 York, in August. 



The type is in the British Museum, and is the species I have de- 

 scribed in the monograph under this name. 



17. oblata Moir. " 



1875. MoiT., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xviii, 116, Agrotis. 



liiUiana Harv, 

 1878. Harv., Can. Ent., X, 55, Agrotis. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 86, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — Anticosti; New York; Nevada; Sierra Nevada, California. 



A specimen of hiU'Kout marked ''type" is in the British Museum, 

 and another so marked is in Mr. Hill's collection. They agree with 

 each other and also agree with specimens of the same species marked 

 '■'■ohlata type," by Mr. IMorrison. A number of good s])e('inu'ns are in 

 the National Museum, agreeing with Dr. Harvey's types. The original 

 type of ohlata is in J)r. Strecker's collection. 



N. rosaria Grt.* 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 172, Agrolis. 

 Habitat. — California; British Columbia; Colorado, August. 

 The type is in the British Museum. The male is^very like the east- 

 ern rubifera $ , and specimens of this sex resemble each other much 

 more than do the females. 



N. rava II. Sch.* 



1850. H. Soli., Sclnnett. Eur., vi, 59, Sup])l. f.. Agrotis. 

 1860. Moesclil., Wicn. Ent. Monatschr., iv, .367, Agrotis. 



(lissona t Pacl< . 

 1867. Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. 11., xi, 38, Agrotis. 



umhrata Pack. 

 1867. Pack., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II., xi, 37, Agrotis. 



Habitat. — Labrador: Nova Scotia. 



Dr. Packard's type is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 

 bridge. 



