68 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. x. 



opposite the sign. Terminal line of the lighter shade, thread-like, distinct in con- 

 trast to the fringes ; the latter cut. 



The sign is metallic, made up of two lines curving downward and outward from 

 median vein, meeting in a sharp point. Described more generally, conspicuous fea- 

 tures of the pattern are a bright oblique patch of the lighter color near the apex, 

 showing conspicuously against the darkest part of the s. t. line, at the large curve 

 thereof. Just below the sign is a long narrow patch of golden scales. 



Secondaries yellowish at the base, with wide border of dark brown. Expands 

 35 mm. 



Habitat : Manitoba ; New Brunswick. 



Type : Female in collection of the author. 



Described from three specimens. The first was sent to me by Mr. 

 A. W. Hanham, of Winnipeg, but had been taken by Mr. E. Fern- 

 stone Heath at Cartwright, Manitoba, in September. A second 

 specimen was received from Mr. Heath direct, and a third from Mr. 

 W. Mcintosh, of St. John, New Brunswick. 



Autographa rectangula Kirby. (PI. YIII, Fig. 12.) 



Here we lose one of our best known names, mortiioyum Gn. The 

 description of niortNonnn seemed to apply to our species so poorly that 

 I was much in doubt. The species, as all American collectors know 

 it, is prominently silvered. In the description there is slight refer- 

 ence to this characteristic. However, Professor Smith personally ex- 

 amined Guenee's type in the British Museum for me, and states that, 

 though showing less silver than usual, "it is undoubtedly our species. ' ' 

 This relegates the name to the synonymy. Kirby' s postscript to his 

 description of rectangula is more helpful than his description ; he says : 

 "The silvery rectangular spot in the primary wings of this insect, 

 when they are brought near to each other, forms a quadrangular area 

 very much resembling a picture in a silver frame." This identifies 

 the mortiionim of American collections at once. 



Autographa u=aureum Guen. 



Probably all American collectors imagine that they have this 

 species. It is an instance of a false identification which has become 

 perpetuated. The description does not fit the American species which 

 has been carrying the name, at all. A specimen of the American 

 u-aureum comes back to me from the British Museum labeled 

 " u-aureia/i Gn., var. of /norti/oruml'" Another evidence of the 

 desire to lump. A specimen of our vaicinii also is returned labeled 

 " u-aiorinn.''' A specimen of a/igiil/c/t-ns was labeled '■'^ augulidens 



