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tunity to study. What pleased me most was the capture of a 

 pair of Mycetophagus te7iuifasciatus Horn in a small brown fungus 

 growing on wild cherry; the specimens were taken August 24th 

 and September 29th; since then I have found the same fungus 

 on white oak. 



The early part of the season was favorable for Chrysomlidae, 

 and yielded many good things, but the drought cut vegetation 

 so that the latter part of the season was poor. 



TYPES IN THE NEUMOEGEN COLLECTION.-III. 



WITH A FEW NOTES THEREON. 



By Dr. Rodrigues Ottolengui. 



THYATIRID^. 



Euthyatira lorata 1^ Grt. Washington Terr., Morrison. 

 Botnbycia semicircularis cf' Grt. Washington Terr., Morrison. 



NOCTUID^. 



Acronycta quadrata (^ ((5') Grt. Nebraska. 

 Acronycta edolata ^^ (d* ? ) Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Rhynchagrostis bimarginalis cf* ( 9 ) Grt. Hot Springs. 

 Rhytichagrostis crenulata cj* (?) Smith. California. 

 Adelphagrotis stellaris 9 {(^) Grt. Arizona, Doll. 

 Abagrotis erratica (^ {^) SmxXh. California. 

 Pachnobia nionochromatea (^ Morr, Boston, Mass., Morrison. 

 Pachnobia manifesta (^ Morr. Locality not given. Morrison. 

 Pachnobia elevata cf Smith. Colorado, Bruce. 

 Pachnobia scropulana $ Morr. Mt. Washington, Morr. 



A note by Mr. Neumoegen says that this is a synonym of 

 Pachnobia wockei Moeschl. 

 Pachnobia claviformis (^ Morr. New Hampshire, Morrison. 



A note says this is a synonym of Pachnobia salicarum. Walk. 

 Setagrotis platiiformis ? Smith. British Columbia. 



A note says this is a synonym of Noctua vocalis Grt. 



Peridroma grandipennis (^ Grt. Hot Springs. 

 Peridroma teniiescens ^ Smith. Nebraska, Morrison. 

 Noctua Clemens (^ Smith. California. 

 Noctua invenusta $ Grote. 



This is a synonym of Noctua vocalis Grt. , which was rechrist- 

 ened Setagrotis planiformis by Smith. Thus Grote named it 

 twice, and Smith once, verily quite a baptism. 



