86 BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P. fusca Bdv. 



1834. Bflv., Ic. Hist. de. Lepid., pL 48, f. 4, Jgrofis. 

 1864. Ma?sc]il., VVien. Ent. Monatschr., VI, 197, A(jrotis. 

 $ sepienlrioiiaUs Moesclil. 



1862. Moesclil., Wieii. Eut. Monatschr., iv, 133, pi. i, f. 3, Agrotis. 

 1870. McESchl., Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxi, 268, pr. syu. 



patula Wile. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 329, Agrotis. 



Habitat. — Labrador; Eocky Mountains. 



Walker's type is in tlie British Museum, and agrees fully with speci- 

 mens of septentrionalis sent me by Mceschler as typical, years ago. I 

 have never before seen it from the Eocky Mountains, and there is a 

 margin of possibility that larger material will develop) points of dif- 

 ference that I do not find now. 



P. tripars Wlk.* 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 78, Mythimna. 



1882. Grt., 111. Essay, 41, ? an Agrotis. 

 tvorihingloni Grt. 



1880. Grt., No. Am. Ent., i, 91, Agrotis, 



Habitat. — New York; Indiana. 



The types of both names are in the British Museum. The species is 

 a familiar one to me; but I had, following Mr. Morrison, doubtfully 

 identified it with Eiicoj^tocnemis fiiiibriaris Gn., than which it is nar- 

 rower winged with almost the same maculation. Its association with 

 the species of this genus is probably correct; but I have had no oppor- 

 tunity to examine a male critically. I have a specimen compared with 

 the type. The National Museum specimens are under the name Euco]^- 

 tocnemis Jimh'iaris, labeled by Mr. Morrison. 



p. rileyana Morr.* 



1874. Morr., Proc. Best. Soc. N. H., xvii, 166, Agrotis. 



1875. Morr., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 58, Agrotis. 



Habitat. — New York; Illinois; Missouri; Kansas; New Mexico; 

 Colorado; Texas. 



A specimen marked "type" is in the British Museum; others are in 

 the National Museum and in theTepperand other collections, all refer- 

 ring to the same species. Mr. Morrison was very liberal in marking 

 types of this species. 



P. texana Grt. 



1863. Grt., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil., ii, 273, pi. vi, f. 2, Agrotis texanus. 



1881. Grt., Papilio, i, 127, 153, 'i=segetum. 



1883. Grt., Papilio, in, 76, an sp. dist. 



1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 154, Carneades. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



The types, S and $ , are in the collection of the American Entomo- 

 logical Society. In the British Museum is a specimen labeled texana by 



