CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 103 



The types of tlie Walker ;iih1 (Jiote names are all in the Britisli 

 Museuni aiul they refer to one species only. I^isidsa is a somewhat 

 evenly colored form, with the cell but slightly contrasting; otherwise 

 there is no dift'erence. Jh'color Morr., of which I have also seen the 

 tyi)e, is the form in Avhich there is considerable contrast between the 

 light and dark shades, while in type campestris the color is even and 

 tlie median lines become more marked. 



C. tessellata Harr.* 



1845. Harr., Rept. lus. Mass., Agrotis. 



1860. Harr., Iiij. Ins., Flint, ed., 44.5, Atfrotis. 



1877. Grt., Bull. Geol. Snrv., in, 118, Afjrotis. 

 1883. Saund., Fruit Insects, 328, f. 340, Agrotis. 



maizi Fitch. 

 18.56. Fitch, 2d Rept. Ins. N. Y., 313, Agrotis. 



186.5. Fitch, 9th Rept. lus. N. Y., 237-249, pi. 4, f. 2 and 3, Agrotia. 

 1874. Grt., Can. Ent. vi, 118, pr, syn. 



1878. Llut., Ent. Cont., iv, 122, pr. syn. 

 nigricans t Riley. 



1869. Riley, Ist Rept. Ins. Mo., 87, Agrotis. 



atropurpurea (irt. 

 1877. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iii, 118, Agrotis. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 192, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — United States; Canada in June and July; New York; 

 Illinois, August and September; Colorado, Glenwood Springs, August 

 to October, 



Harris's type is in the Boston Sotriety of Natural History. The type of 

 Mr. Grote's species is in the British Museum, and is merely a small 

 tessellata. It is a matter of the greatest surprise that Walker has not 

 redescribed the species. I think he considered it a form of tritici. 



C. albipeuuis Grt.* 



1877. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., iii, 118, Agrotis. • 



1880. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 175, Agrotis. 

 1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 156, Agrotis. 



9 nigripennis Grt. 

 1880. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 159, Agrotis. 

 1882. Grt., New List, 25, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — Northern United States east of the Koeky ^ronntains; 

 Colorado, Glenwood Springs in August; New Mexico j Canada; Massa- 

 chusetts in September; New York in August. 



The type is in the British Museum. 



C. spectauda Smith. 

 1890. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xvii, 54, Agroti»t 



Habitat. — California. 



The type is with Mr. Neumoegeu. 



