CATALOGUE OF NOCTUIDJi SMITH. 53 



The type in the Britisli JMuseuni is like the species kiiowu to my 

 under this name, and is not the same as cupida. 



R. variata Grt.* 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., iii, 83, PI. 4, f. 12, Agrotia 

 1883. Grt., Prou. Aiu. Phil. Soc, xxi, 15.^), A<jrol\s. 

 1889. Butler, Trims. Eut. Soc. Loiul., 'iS2=phiiUophova. 



vcirix (h't. 

 1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 83, an var. pr.f 



1889. Butler, Traus. Eut. Soc. Loud.. 382 =ph!iUopltora. 

 orbis Grt. 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci,, in, 83, Agrotis. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geo!. Surv., iv, 174, Agrotis. 



1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 155= ?c«jJt(Zissiwm. 



1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 2'i = cujn(li>isiina. 



Habitat. — Colorado; New Mexico; Nevada; Arizona; California; 

 Vancouver; Glen wood Sjiring's, Colorado, in September and October. 



I'ypes of each of these names are in the British Musenni. Mr. Grote's 

 remarks on his orhis thorouglily misled me, and I referred the name to 

 ciipulissima. As a matter of fact, the type of orhis is simply variata 

 without the bluish scales, and one of the specimens labeled by Mr. 

 Grote is tyjiical variata. The specimens of variata in the collections 

 U. S. National Museum are like the type. 



R. alternata Grt.* 



1864. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., in, 526, PI. 5, f. 8, Noctna. 



1869. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent, Soc, ii, 309, Agrotis. 



1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vr, 15, CerasHs. 



1874. Grt., Can. Eut., vi, 214, Agrotis. 



1878. Grt., Can, Eut., x, 235, Agrotis. 



1883. Grt., Proc Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 155, Agrotis. 



1889. Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc Jiond., 'd%2~ph\illophora. 



Habitat. — Canada, July to September; Middle and Northern At- 

 lantic States, west to the Mississippi; Colorado; District of Colnmbia 

 in June; New York in July and August; Illinois in September. 



The type is in the collection of the American Entomological Society, 

 and the species is well and correctly known to collectors generally. 



R. belfragei Smith.* 



1890, Smith, Bull. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., No. .38, 20, lihynchagrotis. 



Habit AT.~Texas, Maich to June. 



The type is in collections 13. S. National Museum. 



R. trigona Smith* n, sp. 



cupidissiviat Smith. 

 1890. Smith. Bull. IT. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 24, lihynchagrotis. 



Habitat. — California: Oregon; Colorado; Arizona; Kansas; British 

 Columbia; Glen wood Springs, Colorado, in August. 



