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A. tricosa appears to be as abundant as it allies in this portion of 

 the State, appearing contemporaneously with them. We have no 

 knowledge of its occurrence, or of herilis, in England, where proba 

 bly subgothica was alone introduced from this country. Dr. Boisdu- 

 val reports A. jaculifera (subgothica f) among California collections. 



The following is the synonymy of the above species : 



Agrotis subgothica Haworth. Lepidop. Britan., 1810, Part . 



A. subgothica Stephens. Illus. Brit. Ent., 1829. Haust. II, p. 25, pi. 22, f. 3. 



A. subffothica Wood. Illus. Cat. Lep. Ins. Gr. Brit., 1833-8, p. 36, pi. 9, f. 149. 



A. jaculifera Guenee. Spec. Gen. Lep., 1852, V. p. 262, pi. 5, f. 4. 



A. subgothica Fitch. lst-2d Rep. Ins. K Y., 1856, p. 314, pi. 3, f. 1. 



A. jaculifera Kiley. 1st Rep. Ins. Mo., 1869, p. 82, pi. 1, f. 11. 



A. subgothica Grote : in Bui. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci., 1873, I, p. 99. 



Agrotis tricosa nov. sp. 



A. jaculifera var. A. Guenee Spec. Gen. Lep., 1852, V. p. 262. 



A. subgothica Riley. 1st Rep. Ins. Mo., 1869, pp. 81-2, f. 29 b (not a). 



A. subgothica Packard. Guide Stud. Ins., 1869, p. 306, f. 238 (right hand fig.). 



Agrotis Iierilis Grote. 



A. jaculifera var. B. Guenee. Spec. Gen. Lep., 1852, V, p. 262. 

 A. herilis Grote : in Bui. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. , 1873, I. p. 99. 



Hadena lignicolor (Guen.) Grote. 



A larva of this species was found lying in a cell beneath a stone, 

 on the 18th of May. It changed to a pupa during the night. The 

 imago emerged June 29th. 



A number of examples of the moth have been taken by me, but I 

 have never known it to occur abundantly. 



Hadeua adjuneta (Boisd.} Grote. 



Caterpillar feeding on blossoms of golden rod (Solidago Canadensis). 

 Length one inch and one-fourth. Body pale apple-green ; a narrow 

 vascular stripe bordered by darker green lines ; on each segment 

 superiorly, a semicircular dark-green line, concave anteriorly ; fourth, 

 fifth and eleventh segments, marked with olive-green, the last seg 

 ment elevated in a hump; a pale green stigmatal line, giving oif 

 diagonally a line to the back of each proleg. 



Buried in the ground for pupation, and made a cell just beneath 

 the surface. Imago emerged April 2d. When disturbed, drops upon 

 its back and lies motionless for several minutes. Schoharie, 1857. 



Cucullia florea Guen. 



Through the kindness of Mr. A. E. Grote, of Buffalo, I have had 

 the privilege of examining a Cucullia, which he regards as the above 



