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INSECTA, LEPIDOPTERA. 
Bpizeuxis phcBttlis and americalis, Guen. ; (smula, Hiibn. : Zeller, Verh. z.-h. 
Wien, xiii. pp. 470 & 471. 
Zandognatha pedipUalis, Guen., and Z, lituralis, Hiibn., described, id. I. c. 
pp. 472 & 473. 
Aglossa pinguinalis. ErscliofF describes var. asicdiea from Turan and 
Persia. Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 317. 
Pyralis forjicalis. Larva destructive to cabbages, cf. C. G. H. Briscbke, 
Scbr. Ges. Danz. (2) ii. pts. 3 & 4, no. 9. p. 25. Its occurrence in California 
is recorded by Packard, Ann. Lyc. N. York, x. p. 265. 
Pyralis saccharalis, F. On this and other species feeding on sugar-cane, 
cf. Zeller, S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 466 & 467. 
Asapia Jimhrialis, W. V., and A. oUnalis, Guer. ( = frenfonaUs, Led., = «)S- 
ialis, auctt. Amer.) : tW. Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxii. pp. 491-500. 
Aceyitropus. After a tborougb examination of the literature of this genus 
and of numerous specimens, Dunning concludes that Acentropus is Lepido- 
pterous, and that there is but one species, niveus, 01., the females of vs^hich 
vary in alar development. Tr. E. Soc. 1872, pp. 121-156, 281, 282. 
McLachlan (op. cit. pp. 157-162) describes and figures the genital segments 
cf several specimens, and withholds his judgment as to the probable number 
of species {ef. also E. Newman, Ent. vi. pp. 153-158; Zool. s.s. vii. pp. 3117- 
3125). 
C. RiTSEMA admits two species of Acentropm — niveus and latipennis : Pet. 
Nouv. 1872, p. 200. 
Botys opacalis, Htibn., appears to be distinct from (srealis, Hiibn. ; eerealis^ 
H. S., = limh{2mnctaUs, Zell. Zeller, S. E. Z. 1872, pp. 97-99. B. fodinalis, 
Led., from California, is redescribed by Packard, Ann. Lyc. N. York, x. 
p. 263. B. inquinitalisj ZeU., probably = Scopida gtadalisy Pack. : Packard, 
/. c. p. 271. 
B. octotnaculata, L. (^Ennychia glomeralisy Walk.); B. laticlaria, Grote 
( = Bhodaria tyralis, var.. Walk.) ; B. cinerosa, Gr. (= B. laticlaria, spring 
brood?); B. signatalis, Walk.; B. marcidenta, G. ; B. citrina, Gr. {=B. 
apertalisy pt.. Walk.); B. centralis, Gr. ; B. 7'uhigaUs, Giien. ( = ferriigaliSf 
var.?); B. subjectalis, Led. (=eiqjhasalis, Walk., ? = illibalis, ILuhn.?) ; B. 
adipaloides, Gr. ( = Samea elealis, liparalis [nee Gudn.], and B. tcedialis, Walk.) ; 
B.Jlavidalis, Gr. (=lucoalis and cinctipedalis, Walk.) ; and B. thesealis, Led. ? 
(=partactalis, Led.). On these N. American species, cf. Zeller, Verh. z.-b. 
Wien, xxii. pp. 503-517. 
B. (egrotalis, Zell. : Sellen, Tijdschr. Ent. (2) vii. p. 90, pi. 7. fig. 8. 
Conchylodes diaphana, Cr. : Snellen, I. c. p. 95, pi. 7. fig. 13. 
Isopteryx fcedalis and tenellalis, Guen., appear to be the same species. 
Snellen, I. c. p. 90. 
Eurycreon rantalis, Gu6n., and crinitalis, Led. : Zeller, I. c. p. 519. 
Mcsographe stramentalis, Hiibn. ( = Pionea eunusalis, Walk.) : id. I. c. 
p. 520. 
Ehulea crocealis, Tr. Milliere describes var. ? oxyhialis. R. Z. xxiii. p. 62, 
Valley of Cannet. 
Crocidophora tubcrculalis, Led. : Zeller, I. c. p. 521 . 
B/epharomastiv runalis, Gu^n. (= Botys gracilis, Grote) : id. I. c. p. 523. 
Jfomnphysa glaphyralis (Gudn. ?), Led., and H. sesquistrialis (Hiibn. ?), 
: id. I. c. p. 524. 
