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NOCTUIDAE 



AGROTINAE 



Chlorocleptria felicitata Sm. 



We find on examining the type that this species is the same as 

 the one we described recently as C. imperialis, which name will become 

 a synonym. We think the reference to Chlorocleptria instead of 

 Rhodophora is more correct as the species apparently shows greater 

 affinity to simplex than to ftorida. 



POROSAGROTIS TEXANA Grt. 



The types, $ and 9 , are at Philadelphia ; Grote's figure of the 9 

 type is rather crude, especially with regard to the s. t. black patches 

 which are far too greatly emphasized ; a comparison however between 

 this figure and the 9 type shows without much doubt that this speci- 

 men actually served as the original for the drawing. The 9 bears a 

 label 'Agrotis segetum N. A.' and neither specimen shows anything 

 to prove that they came from Texas as stated in the original descrip- 

 tion. We can see nothing that would separate the two types of texana 

 from the European segetum and believe that some error has been 

 made regarding the locality and that texana should be dropped from 

 our lists as a synonym of the common European segetum. 



Obesula Sm., at present listed as a synonym, is quite distinct as an 

 examination of the single $ type from Montana in the National 

 Museum showed us. The species bears some resemblance to a large 

 siccaia but is distinct ; besides the type we have seen no other speci- 

 mens of this species and must accept temporarily Smith's reference 

 of the species to Porosagrotis. Hampson's figure (PI. 61, Fig. 2) of 

 the type of obesula is good. 



Agrotis cinereicollis Grt. 



An examination of the type of this species in the Hy. Edwards' 

 Collection proves it to be synonymous with congrua Sm., the macula- 

 tion of the latter type being only slightly fainter than in that of cin- 

 ereicollis. As Mr. Wolley-Dod has already noted (Ent. News, 1913, 

 p. 360) vocalis Grt. is another form of the same species, the name 

 cinereicollis having priority ; vocalis may be held as a name for the 

 Central Rocky Mt. race with invenusta Grt. a dark colored form from 

 New Mexico, and planifrons Sm. a rather similar race from the Can- 

 adian Rockies. We figured a typical congrua under the name vocalis 



