CATALOGUE OF NOCTUIDiE — SMITH. 59 



type only is in tlie British Museum; Mr. G rote's type is in the Dr. 

 Bailey collection at Albany; Mr. Morrison's type is in the Graef col- 

 lection. 



P. pressa Grt." 



1874. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, v, 90, Eitroia. 

 187.5. Grt., Chock List, pL i, f. 7, Eiirois. 



1882. Grt., New List, 26, Agrotis. 



Habitat. — Canada in July; Massachusetts in June; Kew York in 

 July and August. Northern, Eastern, Middle, and Central States. 



The type specimen in the British Museum is like the examples repre- 

 senting this species in American collections. 



p. coudita (ill.* 



1852. Gu., Sp. Gen., Noct., ii, 78, pi. 8, f. 5, Aplccta. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xi, 556, Euro\s. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buft". Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 12, MamcMra. 



1881. Grt., Can. Ent., xiir, 127, (transl. desc). 



1891. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiv, 270, ^^trahaUs. 



trahalix Grt. 

 1877. Grt., Can. Ent., ix, 198, Ac/rotis. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts in June; Canada; Middle, Eastern, and 

 Northern States. 



Guen6e's type, as I suspected, is like Mr. Grote's species, the type of 

 the latter being with Dr. Thaxter, in whose collection I have seen it. 



p. sincera ll.-Sch. 

 1851. H.-Sch., Enr. Schmett., ii, 412, Aijrotls. , 



Habitat. — Labrador. 



p. imperita ITbn.* 



1823. Hbn., Zutraige, ff., 447,448, Oymilu. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 333, Ayroiis. 

 1880. Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 118, Agrotis. 



1883. Moeschl., Stctt. Ent. Zeit., XLiv, 117, Agrotis. 

 comparata Moeschl. 



1862. Moeschl., Wien. Ent. Monatschr., vi, 131. pi. i, f. 5, Agrotis. 



1875. Grt., Check List, 6, pr. syn. 



1883. Moeschl., Stett. Ent. Zeit., XLiv, 117, pr. syn. 



saxigeita Morr. 

 1874. Morr., Proc. Boat. Soc. N. H., xvii, 162, Agroiia. 



1882. Grt., New List, 24, pr. syn. 

 discitineta Wlk. 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het.,ix, 27, Bryophila. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 8, JanpUUa. 

 1882. Grt., lU. Essay, 40, ^Agrotis. 

 1891. Butk'r, Entomologist, xxiv, 238, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — H. B. Terr.; Labrador; mountains of Northern and Mid- 

 dle States. 



