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name, which belongs to a European species, differing structurally in my 

 opinion. Catenaria is numerous in the fall as a moth, and has been 

 mistaken for tlie white cabbage butterfly by unskilled observers. It is 

 a pretty moth ; the larva feeds on weeds not of economical importance. 

 Eucaterva variaria is smaller, more like Cleora pulchraria in size. The 

 male is white, speckled, and clouded with fuscous, the dark shades 

 forming two mesial bands on tlie forewings, which leave the costal 

 region white and freer from black speckles. The outer blackish band 

 is straight; the inner curved. There is a black discal mark. Singu- 

 larly enough, as I have stated, there are two varieties of the female. 

 The male antennae are feathered, the female simple. One of the vari- 

 eties is white with black dots sparsely and irregularly displayed, mass- 

 ing a little on exterior border, and with the fringes (as in the male) 

 black dotted. The other form has a black shade extending over pri- 

 maries, leaving the costal region white, as also the inner margin. The 

 body is white. There are no ocelli. The female antennae fine and 

 blackisb. The white thorax shows some black speckles, especially on 

 the collar. This Arizonian insect, taken at Tucson, and of which Mr. 

 i^eumoegen's collection contains many examples, is one of the most 

 interesting Geometrids recently discovered. 



The following are the additions to our list of the i^orth American 

 species of Agrotis given in Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. vol. vi, No. 1 : 

 Fastoralis Grote, Can. Ent. 7, 68. Vane.; Colo.; Arizona. 



N. E. — Accidentally omitted from the former list. 

 Quarta Grote, Bull. U. S. Geol. S., vi, 258. California. 

 Washingtoniensis Grote, Bull. U. S. Geol. S., vi, 259. Washington Ter. 

 Immixta Grote, Bull. XJ. S. Geol. S., vi, 259. Texas. 

 Docilis Grote, Bull. U. S. Geol. S., vi, 259. Colorado. 

 riralis Grote, Bull. U. S. Geol. S., vi, 260. I^ebraska. 

 Semiclarata Grote, Can. Ent. 13, 132. Washington Ter. 

 Colata Grote, Can. Ent. 13, 131. Oregon. 



Esurialis Grote, Can. Ent. 13, 131. Washington Ter. , 



Xanalis Grote, Can. Ent. 13, 131. [NTevada ; Montana. 

 Repentis G. and R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1, pi. 7; Agr. Cochranii Eiley. 



Eastern and Middle States to California. 



N. B. — This must be a distinct species from Messoria of Harris, as 

 I have shown Papilio 1, 126. 



Messoria Harris, Ins. luj. Veg. 1st ed. 324. "Massachusetts." 

 Havilcc Grote, Papilio 1, 76; Butler, id., 169. California. 



]Sr. B. — I have shown that this form is most probably distinct from 

 our eastern Clandestina. 

 Clodiana Grote, Pai^ilio 1, 76. Washington Ter. 



I append here the descriptions of Guen^e's under Agrotis, not recog- 

 nized by me, in the hope that it may lead to the identification of the 

 species. 



