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 without adniii-ing the other ; we do not love our mistress's hand alone, but also her brow, hair and eyes, her whole beautiful form, the 

 entire faultless work. 



NOKTHEEN LEPIDOPTERA. — I here give a list of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera received by me sometime since from 

 Mr. Couper, who took them in S. Labrador and Aiiticosti Island in the summers of 1S72 and 1873; there are still several Agrotis and 

 Crarabis that I am not quite certain of, and which I must defer attending to until I receive the few Polar species that are yet lacking, 

 to my cabinet, for coraparLson. 



Alypia Octomaciilata, Fabricius, ( Zygij;na A.) (1793), appears to have been common, as I received twelve examples; they present 

 no particular differences from those found elsewhere. The opinion h.as been expressed, though I dniibt its accuracy, that these Anlicosti 

 specimens are the i^ of A. Langlonii, wbicli latter has but one yellow spot on the Becondaries, whilst Octomaculata, as we all know, has 

 two white ones. 



Alypia Langtonii, Couper, five examples, presenting no variation from some which I obtained in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 

 This species appears to be very closely allied to the Californian A. Sacrainenti, Boisd.. and to judge froTu Mr. Stretch's figures on Plates 

 1 and 8 in his admirable work, I should consider them to be ideiuical ; Sacramenii I have not yet seen in nature. 



Deilepbila Gallii, Kott., (1775). D. Cluimenerii, Harris, one example; this is a species common both to Europe and America. 



."•esia Ruficaudis, Kirbv, Faun. Bor. Am., IV, p. 303, (1837). Hmnorrhmjia Uniformis, Grote <i Hobinson. Five examples. 



Thvatira Pudens, Guenee, Noct. I, 13, 1 18.52). The single example difi'ers from tliose found in Pennsylvania, in that the white spot 

 on the middle of costa, on primaries, is indistinct on tbe inner edge, where it is much broken and merged into the grey ground colour, 

 this latter is more or less freckled with white throughout. 



Agrotis Chardinyi, Boisduval, Eur. Lep. Ind. Meth., p. 94, 1 1829). .1. Ilrlara, Evifsmnnn. Bull. Mos., p. 35, (1837), two examples, 

 a trifle larger, but agreeing exactly in all other respects witli the typical exauiples from Central Russia and Siberia. I believe this is ihe 

 first instance of the capture of this .species in the Western Continent. It belongs to the same group as the European A. Fimbria, A. Or- 

 bona, A. Pronuba, etc., commonlv known in England as yellow underwmgs, the secondaries being yellow with a plain black margin. 



Agrotis Porphyrea, Huhner. Two examples, present no diflerence whatever from those found in Piedmont and other parts of 

 Europe. 



Agrotis Clande.stina, Harris, one example; this species is found as far north as Greenland. 



Agrotis Conflua, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur., VI, 1, (1827). Three; do not present any obvious points of difference from examples 

 from Iceland in my possession. , , m !-• n 



Agrotis Fennica, Tauscher, Mem. Mosc, |1806). One example; in tbe British Museum are examples credited to Trenton Falls 

 and Nova Scotia, but the one alluded to above is the first and only one 1 ever saw that was taken in N. .'\ruerica ; it is a handsome spe- 

 cies, expanding about l.\ inches, primaries are dark purplish grey margined with pale flesh colour along interior margin, reciform and 

 orbicular also flesh colour; secondaries white, outwardly greyish or smoky. 



Mamestra Coudita, Guen., Noct. II, 78. (1852). One example. 



Hadena Rurea, Fabr. Syst. Ent., filS, (1775). One example, diflering in no particular from those received from various parts of 



Europe. i i- ■ i 



Leucania,— apparently L. Albilinea, Hubner, but the single example is in too wretched a condition to speak of with any certainty. 



Drasteria Erechtea, Gnen., two small sized examples. 



Hyperetis Alienaria, H-S. Three. 



Metrocampa Perlata, Guen. Sixteen examples, all smaller than tho.se found in the United States. 



Acidalia Frigidaria, Moschler, Wiener. Ent. Monatsehrift, Vol. IV, p. 373, t. 10, (18G0). Two examples. 



Cidaria Hastata, L., var. Gothicata, Guen. Nine examples, one with secondaries entirely black, like many of those found commonly 

 in Pennsylvania, N. York, etc., the others are nearer to the European stem-form Hastata, having as much white in them as in many of 

 the latter; some agree exactiv with Mr. Moschler's fig. 4 on t. 10, Wieu. Ent. Monats., Vol. IV. 



Cidaria Tristata, Lin. Syst. Nat., X, 526, (17.58). One example, identical in every particular of size, colour and ornamentation, with 



those from Europe. , ,, . . , , „ . e 



Cidaria Obductata, Moscb., Wien. Ent. Monats., Vol. IV, p. 375, t. 10, (1860), three examples, all agreeing with the excellent figiire 

 cited. Mr. Jloschler, in his original description, ventures the suggestion* that perhaps this may be a polar form of C. Luctuata, Hb., 

 a species common in most parts of Central Europe; .so sure am I that this surmise will prove correct, tliat when I first received the ex- 

 amples before I was acquainted even with the figure and description of Mr. Moschler, I placed them in my collection below C. Luctuata 

 as a variety of that species ; the principal diflerence in Obducata, on the upper surface, is the absence of the white mesial band of 

 secondaries, beneath it is greater, the prevalent colour being black. 

 Baptria Albovittata, Guen. Seven specimens. 

 Sericoris Glaciana, Mosch., Wien. Ent. Monats., Vol. IV, p. 380, t. 10, (1860). One example. 



NEMEOPHILA PLANTAGINIS.— Of this species and its varieties, Hospita, etc., I have seen in various collections, and have my- 

 self received many examples from Colorada, Nevada and California, as well as some melanotic forms which are unrepre.?ented in the old 

 world, one of which is the Nem. Petrosa of Walker. The .synonvmy of this species is: .^n, ,,-^t> tt-,; it i- i. xr .i i 



NEMEOPHILA PLANTAGINIS, Linnseus ( Plmlo-no p. ) Svsteraa N atura?, oOl, ( 1 / u8 ), Fauna Snec, 801, ( 1 / 61 ) ; WMes, Engli.sh Moths and 

 Butt., t. 50, (1773) ; Esper, Schmett., 36, (1777-1794) ; Donovan, Nat. Hi.st, Brit. lu.s., IV, 1. 134, (1/92-1816). 

 Hubner (Bombur P.) S.amm. Eur. Schmett., 127, 128, (1793-1827) ; (Paranemia P.) Verz. bek. Schmett., 181, 

 (1816). Oschenheimer, Schmett. Eur., Ill, 312, (1810). Godart, Hist. Nat. Lfp. Fr., Ill, 33, (1821-1824). 

 Stephens {Xeincophila P.) Brit. Ent., (1827-1835); Duncan, Nat. Lib. Ent., IV, 216, (183G); Freyer, N. 

 Beit., 612, (1831-1858). Berge, {Bombyx P.) Schmetterlingsbuch, 68, t. 18, (1842). Slaudinger, (Nemeophila 

 P.) Cat. Eur. Lep., 56, (1871). 

 Nemeophila Qespili^, Grote A Eobiimn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, I, p. 337, t. VI, (1868). ib. TV, 428, (1873). 

 Nemeophila Cichorii, Grote & Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, I, p. 338, t. VI, (1868). ib. I\, 428, (18/3). 



•"Cidaria Obductata, Moschl., Taf. 10, Fig. 3 (an luctuata var.?) Zwei von Labrador erhaltene nebereinstimmende Exemplare 

 wage ich nicht mit Bestimmtheit von btetxuUa zu trennen, denn obwohl dieselben auflidlende unterschiede zeigen, ware es doch moglich, 

 das» 8ie als nordische Varietaten zu jener art gehorten." Moschler, Wien. Ent. Monats., Vol. IV, p. 375, (1860). 



