CATALOGUE OF NOCTUIDK 8MITH. 109 



Types of species aud variety are in the Ihitisli Museum. Mi. Butler 

 suggests that these are the same as the European Aj/rotis cnprca and 

 cUiims to have typical cuprca fromAVashiugtou. It would take a great 

 deal of comparison to convince me of the correctness of this reference. 



R. distichoides Grt. 



1883. Grt., Trans. Kaus. Ac. .Sci., viii, 48, Ammaconia. 

 Habitat. — New Mexico. 

 The type is with Prof. Snow. 



(Jcniis ANYTUS (Jrt. 



1873. Grt., Hull. JiiitV. Sdc. Nat. Sri., i, 111 



A. piivatus Wlk.* 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Ilet., xi, .521, FoVia. 



1889. Butler, Tran.s. Ent. Soc. Loud., 1889, 384, Atn/fits. 



scul2>tu8 (irt. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. liniY. 8oc. Nat. Sci., i, 114, pi. 3, f. 1, Xylina. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 145, .Jjfi/'"^- 

 1880. Grt., No. Am. Ent., i, 93, Agroth. 



1889. Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889, 384, pr. wyn. 



var. planus Grt. 

 1882. Grt., Can. Ent., xiv, 183, AtnituH. 



Habitat. — Canada in August; East<'rn and Middle States; Colo- 

 rado; New York and New Hampshire, August an<l Septend^er. 



Types of ^^riya/Wi' and sculpt us are in the British Museum, and Mr. 

 Butler is correct in uniting tliem. The type of phiuus i>i in the Hill 

 collection. 



Mr. Butler thinks this is nmch iicaicr to P'lKtratrd, an Arctiid, than 

 to the Noctuida\ I do not know I'lidiuctrd : but I have no serious doubt 

 as to the correctness of the present h)cation of Ani/ttis. 



Genus EUCOPTOCNEMIS Grt. 



1874. Grt., r.ull. I'.ull. Sue. Nat. Sci., ii, 13. 



E. finibriaris Gn. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 172, Ilcliophohus. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B Mus., Hct., ix, 208, IJeliophohus. 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvii, 134, Plconedopoda. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 13, JiucopiocHciitin. 



ohvia Wlk. 



1858. Wlk., C, B. Mu8., Het., xv, 1707, Gropldphora. 

 1889. Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889, 384, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — North America; Massachusetts. 



The types are in the British Museum, and represent a sj^ecies T had 

 never vseen. I wonder whether Mv. Morrison really had this species be- 

 fore him when he wrote in 1874? I have seen specimens of Af/rotis 

 irorthingtoni labeled Jiiiihrlaris in Mt. Morrison's handwriting in the 

 National Museum and elsewliere, and the description given fits well to 

 what 1 have seen of that species. Unfortunately the wing' form which 



