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given for them, and have noted the discrepancies where such e: isted. 

 It wonkl be Avaste of space to cite tins monograph for every species, 

 and to the end of Carnendes, the reference is understood even where 

 not made. It is to be noted that I claim generic value for all the di- 

 visions proposed by me, and the title Afjrotis Aitct., is simply a cou- 

 veuient heading for this note. 



Genus RHYNCHAGROTIS Smith. 

 1890. Smith, I5iill. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 13. 



R. gilvipenuis Git." 



1874. Grf-., 6th Rept. Poab. Ac. Sci,, Apii,, 21, Agvoiis. 



1874. Grt., Can. Eut., vi, 71, Agrotis. 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., Ii, 301, Ayrotis. ^ 



1875. Mori-., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. U., xvrii, 111 ^clKtnrnnjl, 



1876. Grt., Stett. Eut. Zeit., xxxvii, 135 = chard'nii/i. 

 chardinijiX Morr. 



1875. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvili, 117, Ayrolis. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 14, Rhynrliaijrotis. 



Habitat. — Anticosti; Labrador; Canada; Maine; Vermont in July; 

 Adirondack Mountains, New York, July and August. 



I have compared the type of gilvipennis in the British Museum with 

 a good series of the Siberian chardinyi, and find the two species dis- 

 tinct. The points of difference are numerous, and I have restored Mr. 

 Grote's name. The reference to the synonymy was made by Mr. Mor- 

 rison, accepted by Mr. Grote, and, without opportunity of comparing 

 the Asiatic form, I followed these authors in my monograph. I have 

 collected a considerable number of specimens of our American form and 

 have examined many others without seeing any that agreed with Bois- 

 duval's species. A specimen marked ^^gilvipenuis type" by Mr. Mor- 

 rison, is in the National Musenm. 



R. rufipectus Morr.* 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 165, Afjrotis. 



1876. Grt., Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., N. Y., XI, 304, Agrotis. 



Habitat. — Northern and Eastern States; New York in August, 

 Lewis County in July; Colorado; Oregon; British Columbia; Los 

 Angeles County, California, in October. 



I have seen no types. Mr. Morrison states that he received the 

 specimen from Mr. Grote, and the Grote collection contains specimens 

 agreeing with my identification of the species in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 



R. brunneicollis (irt.* 



1861. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Iii, 524, PI. 5, f. 5, Xoctiia. 

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



Habitat. — Canada, Northern, Eastern, and INIiddle States; west to 

 Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado; Albany, N. Y., June; Massachusetts 

 in August; Canada, July to September; Vermont in September. 



