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Prodenia commelince, one pair; Euplexia lucipera, one female; 

 Nephelodes miniaiis and var. violans, of each one male; Gortyna 

 nebris and var. nitella, of each one male: Achatodes ze(£, one 

 male; Heliophila albilinea, Heliophila phragmitidicola, Helio- 

 phila tinipunda, Heliophila pseudargyra; oddly enough, I took 

 but one specimen of this. Heliophila pseudargyra var. callide, 

 one female; Orthodes infirma, one pair; Ocaillia convexipennis, 



one pair; Cucullia asieroides, Cucullia f ; absent in three 



large collections. Telesilla cinereola, two pairs; Plusia area, 

 Plusia precationis, Plusia ni, Plusia simplex, Tamilla nundina; 

 Melicleptria thoreani this I do not find in Grote's List, and I 



may have the specific name wrong.* Melicleptria f Mr. 



Henry Edwards thinks this an entirely new species. Heliothis 

 armiger, Ligranthecia spragnei Chamyris ceriniha, one pair; 

 Drasteria erechtea and var. agricola, Euclidia aispida, Paralelis 

 bistriaris, Homoptera edusa, Homoptera lunata, Epixeuxis ameri- 

 calis, one female; Chytolyta morbidalis, Hypena evanidalis, Hy- 

 pena scabra, Hypena baltimoralis. 



GEOMETRID^. 



Choerodes transversata, Caberodes confusaria, Ennomos alni- 

 aria, Eudalimia subsignaria; took both sexes. E^idropia hypo- 

 charia, Metrocampa viargaritata, Angerona crocataria, A?iagoga 

 occidiiaria, Acidalia erinucleaia, Acidalia quinqueliniaria, Ca- 

 terva catenaria, Tephrosia canadaria, Paraphia subatotnaria, 

 Anticlea vasiliata, Peh'ophora diversilineata, Boartnia crepuscu- 

 laria, Euboea cognitaria. 



In making out this list I have followed Grote. In addition to 

 those enumerated I took fifty specimens of Zeuzera cesculi found 

 recently in this country. This insect was first reported in Newark. 

 I have not yet heard of others taking it in Brooklyn. I found it 

 quite common and enduring for three weeks. Had I known the 

 the rarity of it, and value for exchange, I could easily have taken 

 two hundred. I took, however, only two females, and those 

 under peculiar circumstances. One night it rained so hard that 

 I abandoned all idea of hunting, and made a social call. Re- 

 turning about eleven o'clock I walked home, the rain having 

 ceased. Walking along an asphalt roadway, lighted by electric 

 lamps, I found hundreds of insects swamped on the wet pave- 

 ment. Finally, I came to a little pool of water in which I noticed 



•No. 969, Grote's List.— Ed. 



