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  * 
  Adirondack 
  Lepidoptera. 
  153 
  

  

  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  N. 
  Lat. 
  49° 
  ; 
  it 
  also, 
  according 
  to 
  Staudinger, 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  Siberia 
  ; 
  G-uenee 
  cites 
  it 
  as 
  common 
  in 
  Russia. 
  

   Agrotis 
  conjlua 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Couper 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  

   on 
  Anticosti 
  Island 
  ; 
  it 
  occurs 
  also 
  in 
  Iceland 
  (Staudinger), 
  

   Scotland 
  (Norman), 
  Switzerland 
  (Grote), 
  Prussia 
  ? 
  and 
  France 
  

   (Gfuenee).* 
  

  

  The 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  Noctuidse 
  of 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   ted 
  States 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  studied. 
  No 
  attempt 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  

   to 
  assign 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  distinct 
  faunal 
  provinces, 
  although 
  

   the 
  material 
  for 
  such 
  an 
  arrangement 
  is 
  unquestionably 
  far 
  

   more 
  ample 
  than 
  with 
  the 
  Phalsenidse. 
  Much 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  unpub- 
  

   lished, 
  although 
  accessible, 
  if 
  sought 
  for, 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  

   collectors 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  State 
  of 
  the 
  Union. 
  It 
  

   would 
  prove 
  of 
  essential 
  service 
  if 
  every 
  skilled 
  collector 
  

   would 
  furnish 
  for 
  publication, 
  authenticated 
  lists 
  of 
  the 
  Lepi- 
  

   doptera 
  known 
  to 
  him 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  his 
  vicinity. 
  These, 
  for 
  

   greater 
  convenience, 
  could 
  be 
  combined 
  into 
  State 
  Lists, 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  to 
  that 
  given 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Snow, 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  of 
  East- 
  

   ern 
  Kansas.f 
  

  

  The 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Entomologist, 
  in 
  appreciation 
  of 
  

   such 
  work, 
  has 
  made 
  special 
  request 
  for 
  such 
  lists 
  of 
  the 
  

   Diurnal 
  Lepidoptera,^: 
  and 
  has 
  arranged 
  for 
  their 
  tabulation 
  

   previous 
  to 
  publication 
  in 
  the 
  pages 
  of 
  that 
  valuable 
  journal. 
  

   We 
  fee] 
  assurance 
  that 
  lists 
  of 
  the 
  Heterocera 
  would 
  also 
  be 
  

   gladly 
  received 
  and 
  promptly 
  published. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  excellent 
  local 
  list, 
  is 
  that 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Roland 
  

   Thaxter, 
  in 
  Psyche, 
  Yol. 
  II, 
  pp. 
  34-38, 
  80, 
  of 
  collections 
  of 
  

   Noctuidse, 
  recently 
  made, 
  mainly 
  by 
  himself, 
  at 
  Newton, 
  

   Mass., 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  It 
  enumerates 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty- 
  

   seven 
  species, 
  and 
  is 
  accompanied 
  with 
  statements, 
  in 
  an 
  

   abbreviated 
  form, 
  of 
  the 
  comparative 
  abundance 
  of 
  each, 
  

   month 
  of 
  appearance, 
  means 
  of 
  capture 
  of 
  all 
  (whether 
  at 
  light, 
  

   at 
  sugar, 
  or 
  at 
  rest), 
  and 
  the 
  food-plant 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber. 
  

  

  In 
  Yol. 
  YII 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Entomologist, 
  pp. 
  3 
  and 
  21, 
  

   Mr. 
  George 
  Norman 
  records 
  his 
  captures 
  of 
  Noctuidae 
  at 
  St. 
  

   Catherines, 
  Ont., 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1874, 
  citing 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   seventy-four 
  species, 
  with 
  their 
  dates 
  of 
  capture 
  and 
  compar- 
  

  

  *For 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  these 
  species, 
  and 
  of 
  many 
  others, 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  kind 
  

   services 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Grote, 
  always 
  most 
  cordially 
  rendered. 
  

   ^Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Kansas 
  Academy 
  of 
  Science, 
  Vol. 
  IV, 
  pp. 
  29-59. 
  1875. 
  

   ^Canadian 
  Entomologist, 
  Vol. 
  VII, 
  p. 
  72. 
  1875. 
  

  

  