noctuid;e. Ins . 205 
Ent. Fr. (6) iii. p. lviii. Hibernation of C. vetusta and exoleta ; Chretien, 
tom . cit. pp. Ixiii. & Ixiv. 
Lithophane pexata var. washingtonia from Washington Territory de- 
scribed; Grote, Papilio, iii. p. 74. 
Cucullia absynthii. Larva described; Blandford, Ent. xvi. pp. 44 & 45. 
Plagiomimicus , Grote. Grote notices the 3 species ; P. pityochromus , 
Grote (= Schinia media, Morr.), expallidus, Grote, and tepperi, Morr. ; 
Canad. Ent. xv. p. 11. 
Cirrophamis iriangulifcr , Groto, discussed and figurod ; it belongs to 
the Stiriince : Riley, Am. Nat. xvii. pp. 788-790. 
Ilcliothis armiger , Hiibn. Life-history ; Lintner, l. c. pp. 116-126, 
fig. 27 & 28, and French, Rep. Ins. Illin. xi. pp. 82-104. Larva a cannibal; 
[Mrs.] M. S. Jenkyns, Ent. xvi. p. 23. 
Anarta melaleuca, Thunb. Supposed occurrence in Scotland; Watkins, 
Ent. xvi. pp. 45 & 46. 
Erastria venustula. Food-plant, cannibalism, &c. ; Wright & others, 
Ent. xvi. pp. 81, 114, 136-138, 163, & 164. 
BanJcia banhiana. Natural history ; Buckler, l. c. xx. pp. 77-79. 
Tarache erastroides , Guen., and cande/acta , Hiibn. Larva noticed ; 
Coquillett, Papilio, iii. p. 84. 
Brephos nothum , Hiibn., var. and habits noticed ; Rudolphi, Ent. 
Tidskr. ix. pp. 37, 56, & 57 (c/. also Conquest, Ent. xvi. pp. 114 & 115). 
Leucobrephos , Grote, recharacterized by him. The type is Anarta bre- 
phoides, Walk. (= Archiearis resoluta, Zell., and Melicleptria hoyi , Grote). 
A list of N. American Breplieidce is added. L. c. pp. 55 & 56. 
Calpe minulicornis , Gu<$n., rodcscribcd ; Mooro, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 19. ’ 
Plusiodonta compressipalpis , Guen. Transformations noticed ; Hoy, 
Canad. Ent. xv. pp. 172 & 173, and Am. Nat. xvii. p. 1171. 
Plusia brassicce, Riley : action of the heart in larva accelerated by 
Pyrethrum ; Howard, Psyche, iv. p. 19. P. egena , Guen., recorded from 
Indian River, Florida ; Grote, l. c. p. 26. P. orichalcea, auct. : larva 
described ; Warren, Ent. M. M. xx. pp. 116 & 117. P. simplex and pre- 
cationis, Guen., discussed ; Thomas, Rep. Ins. Illin. xi. pp. 38-43. 
Aletia argillacea , Hiibn : ravages of Cotton Worm in S. Texas in 
1883, and experiments with machinery for destroying it ; Anderson & 
Barnard, Bull. Dep. Agric. Ent. iii. pp. 31-48 : carried by railroads ; 
Johnson, Am, Nat. xvii. pp. 545 & 546 : noticed and figured ; Liutner, 
l. c. pp. 7 & 8. A. argillacea swarming at a hat store at Pittsburgh in 
December; Holland, Bull. Brooklyn Soc. iv. p. 46. A. xylina, Say: 
hibernation in the United States ; Riley, P. Am. Ass. xxxi. pp. 468 
& 469. 
Gonitis fulvida , Guen. (=. gutta-nivis, Walk.), and metaxantha, Walk., 
redescribed ; Mooro, l. c. pp. 19 & 21. 
Rusicada albitibia, Walk. (= nigritarsis, Walk.), redescribed ; id. 1. c . 
p. 20. 
Melipotis nigrescens , G. & R., is distinct from fasciolaris, Hiibn. ; M. 
fiavipennis , Harv., is the $ : Grote, l. c. p. 5. 
Catocala semirelicta , Grote, and allies, discussed by Grote, who gives the 
synonymy as follows : — C. junctura, Walk. (= walshi , Edw., and aspasia, 
