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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  [122] 
  

  

  " 
  Lyccena 
  Lucia 
  was 
  first 
  observed 
  on 
  April 
  17th 
  [a 
  month 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  its 
  Albany 
  record 
  — 
  see 
  p. 
  55], 
  and 
  lasted 
  until 
  

   May 
  17th. 
  L. 
  neglecta 
  first 
  appeared 
  May 
  21st, 
  and 
  contin- 
  

   ued 
  throughout 
  June, 
  quite 
  common. 
  It 
  afterward 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  September. 
  

  

  " 
  During 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  August, 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  L. 
  

   Lucia 
  were 
  taken, 
  unless 
  they 
  were 
  the 
  var. 
  molacea. 
  The 
  

   markings 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  were 
  dark 
  and 
  heavy, 
  

   exactly 
  like 
  those 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  observed 
  

   again." 
  

  

  The 
  occurrence 
  of 
  L. 
  Lucia 
  or 
  the 
  .form 
  molacea 
  in 
  the 
  

   month 
  of 
  August 
  has 
  never 
  before 
  been 
  recorded, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  

   seem 
  at 
  variance 
  with 
  the 
  idea 
  entertained 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  but 
  

   spring 
  forms. 
  Mr. 
  Scudder 
  records 
  that 
  one 
  example 
  of 
  mo- 
  

   lacea 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  Walpole, 
  "N". 
  H., 
  so 
  late 
  as 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  

   July, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  ordinarily 
  been 
  confined, 
  in 
  this 
  latitude, 
  to 
  

   the 
  months 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  

  

  Do 
  not 
  the 
  observations 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Howe 
  of 
  the 
  August 
  exam- 
  

   ples 
  rather 
  indicate 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  an 
  exceptional 
  second 
  ap- 
  

   pearance 
  of 
  L. 
  Lucia, 
  and 
  lend 
  additional 
  confirmation 
  to 
  the 
  

   belief 
  hitherto 
  entertained 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  distinct 
  from 
  L. 
  pseud- 
  

   argiolus. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  nigricans 
  Linn., 
  var. 
  maizii 
  Fitch. 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  moth, 
  figured 
  and 
  described 
  at 
  considerable 
  length 
  

   in 
  Dr. 
  Fitch's 
  Mnth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  (pi. 
  4, 
  figs. 
  2 
  and 
  3, 
  pp. 
  237- 
  

   249, 
  Sixth-Mnth 
  Reports 
  : 
  1865), 
  there 
  are 
  five 
  examples, 
  la- 
  

   belled 
  as 
  above 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Fitch, 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Society, 
  and 
  bearing 
  also 
  

   the 
  additional 
  popular 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  dart 
  moth. 
  

  

  No 
  one 
  else 
  has 
  recognized 
  A. 
  nigricans 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  onr 
  

   American 
  forms, 
  nor, 
  very 
  strangely, 
  has 
  this 
  determination 
  

   of 
  Dr. 
  Fitch 
  been 
  referred 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  species.* 
  

  

  A 
  critical 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  examples 
  above 
  mentioned 
  

   has 
  enabled 
  me 
  to 
  refer 
  them 
  unhesitatingly, 
  although 
  much 
  

   faded 
  from 
  ten 
  or 
  more 
  years' 
  exposure 
  to 
  strong 
  sunlight 
  in 
  

   an 
  exposed 
  table-case, 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  of 
  A. 
  tessellata 
  Har- 
  

   ris, 
  as 
  recognized 
  in 
  the 
  collections 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  and 
  Albany. 
  

   The 
  specific 
  name 
  " 
  A. 
  tessellata" 
  embraces 
  at 
  present 
  a 
  vari- 
  

   ety 
  of 
  forms, 
  which 
  seem 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  vary 
  too 
  much 
  among 
  

  

  * 
  Since 
  the 
  above 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  type, 
  the 
  reference 
  of 
  " 
  A. 
  nigricans 
  " 
  to 
  the 
  A. 
  tesseUata 
  

   of 
  Harris, 
  made 
  by 
  Prof 
  Grote 
  in 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Entomologist, 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  118 
  (1874), 
  has 
  come 
  

   to 
  my 
  notice. 
  

  

  