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P. incivis Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Sp. Geu.,Noct., i, 274, Agrotis. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 330, Agrotis. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Butf. Soc, Nat. Sci., ii. 303, Agrotis. 

 1874. MoiT., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 164, Agroiis. 

 1880. French, Can. Eut., xil, 14 (larva sub nom. hihricans). 

 1882. French, Can. Ent., xiv, 240, Agrotis. 

 alahamw Grt. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 159, Anicla. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vii, 102, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts in September; District of Columbia to 

 Florida; Mississippi; Illinois; Texas, November, December, and June; 

 California. 



The types of both incivis and alahamw are in the British Museum, and 

 both names refer to the species known as incivis in our collections. I 

 have not given the bibliography relating to infecta Ochs., a\i(\. prwcoxX 

 Hbn., because I consider the synonymy doubtful. It is given in the 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, p. 72. 



p. tenuescens Smith. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 73, Peridroma. 



Habitat. — Nebraska. 



The types are in the Graef and Neumoegen collections, labeled by Mr. 

 Morrisxjn as types of the name, but not described. 



p. siniplaria Morr.* 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 164, Agrotis simpUc'ms. 



1875. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 210, Agrotis simplaria. 

 1875. Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 5, Agrotis sinijilicia. 

 1880. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 108, Agrotis. 



i Habitat. — Texas, March, April, October, and November. 



The type, sub nom. simpliciiis is in the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology at Cambridge. 



p. digna Morr.* 



i875. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xviii, 11J5, Agrotis. 



nigrovittata Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 77, Agrotis. 



Habitat. — Texas, May and August. 



Mr. (irote's type is in the British Museum; that of Mr. Morrison 

 is in tlie Tepper collection. The two are speciiically identical. 



Genus NOCTUA Linn. 

 1758. Linn., Systemn. Naturae 



N. baja Fahr.* 



1787. Fabr., Mant. Ins., ii, 175, Xoctua. 

 1791. Oliv., Euc. Mcth.. viii, 345, Noctua. 

 1793. Fabr., Ent. Syst., in, 2, 109, Xoctua. 

 1793. Gmel., ed, Linn. Syst. Nat., 2579, Noctua. 



