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10a. constricta H/. Edw. 

 1 04. Thoreaui, G. <(• R. 

 10f>. satumta, Gr. 



rubiginosa, Strei'k. 



106. lanul, Streck. — 



107. gloriosa, St7-eck. — 



DERRIMA, Walk. 



108. stellata, Walk. 



var. maj. suff. sue.'.' 



109. Henrietta, Gr. 



AXENUS, Gr. 



110. arvalis, Gr. 



ampins, Hy. Edw. 



aberr. ochraceus, Hy. Edw. 



PSEUDACONTIA, Smith. 



111. crustaria, Morr. — 



By the arrangement I have proposed the pale, often whitish form 

 with the front bulging, infra-clypeal plate exposed (sometimes mainly at 

 the middle as in Rhodosea) are placed at the end, as they approach the 

 Tarache-like genera in some respects. The mossy-scaled, broad front of 

 Tarache is intermediate between the clypeus of the Heliothids and that 

 of Eustrotia. I am willing to place Axenus here, but I cannot under- 

 stand why Mr. Smith at one time considers it a bad genus and not dis- 

 tinct from Annaphila, and then puts it into another subfamily ? Could 

 it only be shown how much is lost by unnecessary criticism, both to 

 science and human happiness, I think it would be less generally indulged 

 in. I have worked so long and on the whole to such plainly advantage- 

 ous results to a knowledge of our Noctuidae, that I am rather entitled 

 to a greater consideration. I assure Mr. Smith, in conclusion, that I 

 shall view the results of his future work with pleasure and that, although 

 this is my last reply to him, that I shall be glad to assist him in any way 

 possible while the power to do so remains with me. 



