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LEPIDOPTERA. 
[Grote, A. R.] Remarks upon the North American Heliothince , and 
their recent literature. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. x. pp. 257-268. ( Cf . 
also Canad. Ent. xv. pp. 84-86.) 
Chiefly consists of a reply to J. B. Smith’s criticisms. The following 
genera are specially noticed : — Rhodosea and Triocnemis , Grote, Lygran- 
thcecia, G. & R., Disocnemis and Tricopis , Grote, and Ileliothis , Iliibn. 
A revised list of Heliothince is given, inclusive of Anarta and allies. The 
synonymy (not already given by Smith) is as follows : — Anarta myrtilli , 
Linn. (= acadiensis , Beth.), cordigera , Thunb. (= luteola, G. & R.), mela- 
leuca y Thunb. (= nigro-lunata , Pack.), schcenherri t Zett. (= leucocycla , 
Staud.), richardsoni , Curt. (= algida , Lef.), nivaria y Grote (= Mamestra 
curta and Orthosia perpura , Morr.), lapponica y Thunb. (= amissa , Lep.), 
Nycteropliaeta magdalena , Hulst (= Epinyctis notatella y Grote), Lygran- 
tlicecia cupes, Grote (= crotchi , H. Edw.), arcifera , Guen. (= var. spra- 
guii } Grote). 
Smith, J. B. On the Anatomy of the North American Noctuidce. 
Part i. The Legs. Bull. Brooklyn Soc. vi. pp. 19-23, 33, 34, & 46-48. 
. A Synopsis of the North American Genera of the Noctuidce (con- 
tinued), with critical notes on various genera. Bull, Brooklyn Soc. 
v. pp. 3-6, 11-14, 19-22, 27-30, 33-36, 43-46, & 53-56. 
■ . Synopsis of the North American Heliothince. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 
x. pp. 205-256, pis. vii. & viii. 
27 genera are admitted, 4 genera and 7 species being described as new, 
some of the latter by Tepper. The following synonymy is given : — Heli - 
othis rhexia , Sm. & Abb. (= spectandus , Streck.), armiger , Hiibn. (= um- 
Irosus, Grote), dipsaceus , Linn. (= phlogophagus, G. & R., and interjacens, 
Grote ; var. maritima, Grasl., == luteicinctus , Grote), scutosus y Fabr. (= 
nuchalis, Grote), Ghariclea umbra t Hufn. (= exprimens, Walk., and var. 
angulata , Grote), A laria gaurce , Sm. & Abb. ( — matutina , Hiibn.), Schinia 
cvmatilis , Grote (= sulmala, Streck.), gracilenta , Hiibn. (= oleagina , Morr., 
and imperspicua , Streck.), separata , Grote (= balba and acutilinea, Grote, 
and walsinghami } H. Edw.), arcifera , Gu£n. (= arcigera , Guen.), saturata, 
Grote (= rubiginosa , Streck.), spinosce, Gu6n. (= hirtella , G. & R.), rivu- 
losa y Guen. (= marginata , Haw., contracta, divergent, and designata , 
Walk.), brevis , Grote (var. atrites , Grote), meskeana, Grote (= fastidiosa, 
Streck., and rufimedia y Grote), Melaporphyria prompta , Grote (= venusta , 
H. Edw.), ononis , Fabr. (= oregona, H. Edw.), arvalis, Grote 
(varr. ampins and ochraceus y II. Edw.), Meliclcptria pulchripcnnis, Groto 
(= languida y II. Edw.), villosa , Grote (== pauxilla and persimilis, Grote), 
suefa, Grote (= calif orniensis , Grote), and Heliaca nexilis, Morr. (= elabo- 
rata, H. Edw.). PI. vii. represents details, and pi. viii. wings, of a great 
number of species. 
Abnormal appearance of various Noctuce during the mild winter of 
1881-82 ; Kalender, Ent. Nachr. ix. pp. 25 & 26. 
Fuchs notices the following Noctuce from the Rheingau (S. E. Z. xliv. 
pp. 261-264) : — Agrotis lucipeta y W. V., occulta y Linn., Polyphcenis seri- 
cata , Esp., Tapinostola musculosa , Hiibn., Leucania scirpi , Dup., Orthosia 
