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M. Guenee labelled his male variety with a name, which he 

 appears not to have published. The species stood in the Grote 

 collection as " Haclena cephalica, Grote"; but I do not find the 

 species noted under Haclena in his Check List. We have his type. 



The " No7iagria" induhitans of Walker belongs to this group, 

 and is allied to his " Laphygma'' unisignata, an example of which, 

 in the Grote collection, is labelled, " ? Hadena paginata, Morr." 

 Walker's locality is based upon the fact that the specimen bears 

 one of Doubleday's little yellow collecting-tickets. No locality is 

 attached to the specimen. 



Oligia exesa. 

 Cel(sna exesa, Guenee, Noct. i. p. 222, n. 352 (1852). 

 Hadena floridana, Walker, Lep. Het. Suppl. 3, p. 730 (1865). 

 Florida. Coll. B. M. 



Walker's types consisted of a badly-rubbed male and a well- 

 marked female, partly rubbed, but corresponding closely with 

 Doubleday's other specimens, which formed the types of Guenee's 

 species. 



Xylophasia, Steph. 

 Xylophasia apamiformis. 

 Xylophasia apamiformis, Guenee, Noct. i. p. 137, n. 216 (1852). 

 Hadena contenta, Walker, Lep. Het. vii. p. 754 (1857). 

 United States. In Coll. B. M. 



Hecatera, Gue7i. 

 Hecatera erecta. 

 ^ Celcsna erecta. Walker, Lep. Het. x. p. 264, n. 12 (1856). 

 ? Perigea ? constipata. Walker, I. c, xi. p. 734 (1857). 

 Perigrapha innexa, Grote (on type label). 

 Mamestra innexa, Grote (Check List, p. 27 1 n* 377). 

 United States. Coll. B. M. 



This species does not nearly resemble any other species 

 known to me. I place it here provisionally, as the superficial 

 characters appear to correspond with those of Hecatera. A closer 

 examination may subsequently prove it to be the representative 

 of a new genus, 



Anomogyna, Stgr. 

 Anomogyna ? senescens. 

 Hadena senescens, Grote (see Check List, p. 27, n. 438). 

 Orthosia? semisiqna, Walker, Lep. Het. xi. p. 748 (1857). 

 United States. Coll. B. M. 



This is probably not distinct from Herrich-Schiiffer's Noctua 

 crasis (Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 361, n. 554; Noct. pi. 28, fig. 139). 

 The latter is smaller and less boldly marked than Grote's type, 

 Init corresponds i)retty closely witli Walker's type; the latter is, 

 nevertheless, a badly-rubbed specimen, the identity of which with 



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