150 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. 



published in 1905, and is devoted to the " Hadeninte " or hairy-eyed 

 genera. I have already called attention to the fact that this term will 

 not at once convey its intended meaning to American students who 

 have been in the habit of associating the term Hadena with forms 

 having naked or " lashed " eyes. 



The first genus with American species is BaratJu-a Hbn., with 

 brassicm of Europe as the type and our two American species as asso- 

 ciates. Hampson, however, makes occidenta Grt. , a synonym oi con- 

 figurata Wlk., and in this he is correct. I have already noted the 

 fact that the Mamestra covfigiwata Druce, Biol. Cent. Am., Het. i, 

 pi. 26, f. 20, was probably the same as Mr. Grote's species; but I 

 was not previously certain that it was really the same as Walker's 

 species. The name must now stand as B. configurata Wlk., with 

 occidenta Grote as synonym, 



Mamestra chartaria Grote and M. florida Sm., are separated and 

 associated with two Asiatic species under the generic term Discestra 

 Hampn., based upon a frontal modification which I had overlooked 

 in our species. Chartaria is the type of the genus which is a good 

 one. 



Mamestra yakima, disguised as yacima is the only one of our 

 species referred to Craterestra Hampson. The genus is described as 

 having " frons with truncate, conical, corneous prominence with 

 corneous plate below it " ; etc. This frontal structure I am unable 

 to demonstrate in any of my examples. The front is somewhat 

 roughened, but there is no prominence and no plate. The genus 

 seems to be a good one, but I doubt whether our species is correctly 

 placed in it. 



Scotogramma Smith is considerably extended, enlarged in scope, 

 and altogether changed from its significance. Trichopolia ptilodonta 

 Grt., is referred to it, with doubtful justice — at all events it would 

 not have occurred to me to place it there. So of Mamestra trifolii 

 which I could not separate from the typical genus in my revision of 

 it. Mamestra hadeniformis which I placed next to grandis, is referred 

 to Scotogramma with a query, the species being known only from a 

 figure. I am not quite ready to accept the correctness of the refer- 

 ence without a reexamination of the type which is not now in my 

 possession. 



Alamestra impolita Morr. , is also made a Scotograinma, and that 

 is probably correct. Mamestra defessa, repentina and orida are all 



