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but each page of God’s great book is connected with the other, bound in its mighty cover, the Universe, and we cannot admire one 
without admiring the other ; we do not love our mistress’s hand alone, but also her brow, hair and eyes, her whole beautiful form, the 
entire faultless work. 
.NORTHERN LEPIDOPTERA.— I here give a list of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera received by me sometime since from 
Mr. Couper, who took them in S. Labrador and Anticosti Island in the summers of 1872 and 1873; there are still several Agrotis and 
Crambis that I am not quite certain of, and which I must defer attending to until I receive the few Polar species that are yet lacking, 
to my cabinet, for comparison. 
Alypia Octomaculata, Fabricius, (Zygoma A.) (1793), appears to have been common, as I received twelve examples; they present 
no particular differences from those found elsewhere. The opinion has been expressed, though I doubt its accuracy, that these Anticosti 
specimens are the of A. Langtonii, which latter has but one yellow spot on the secondaries, whilst Octomaculata, as we all know, has 
two white ones. 
Alypia Langtonii, Couper, live examples, presenting no variation from some which I obtained in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 
This species appears to be very closely allied to the Californian A. Sacramenti, Boisd., and to judge from Mr. Stretch’s figures on Plate3 
1 and 8 in his admirable work, I should consider them to be identical ; Sacramenti I have not yet seen in nature. 
Deilephila Gallii, Rott., (1775). D. Ohamcenerii, Harris , one example; this is a species common both to Europe and America. 
i-esia Ruficaudis, Kirby, Faun. Bor. Am., IV, p. 303, (1837). Hmmorrhugia Uniformis , Grote & Robinson. Five examples. 
Thvatira Pudens, Guenee, Noct. I, 13, (1852). The single example differs from those found in Pennsylvania, in that the white spot 
on the middle of costa, on primaries, is indistinct on the inner edge, where it is much broken and merged into the grey ground colour, 
this latter is more or less freckled with white throughout. 
Agrotis Chardinyi, Boisduval, Eur. Lep. Ind. Meth., p. 94, (1829). A. Iletcera, Eversnmnn, Bull. Mos., p. 35, (1837), two examples, 
a trifle larger, but agreeing exactly in all other respects with the typical examples from Central Russia and Siberia. I believe this is the 
first instance of the capture of this species in the Western Continent. It belongs to the same group as the European A. Fimbria, A. Or- 
bona, A. Pronuba, etc., commonly known in England as yellow underwings, the secondaries being yellow with a plain black margin. 
Agrotis Porphyrea, Hubner. Two examples, present no difference whatever from those found in Piedmont and other parts of 
Europe. 
Agrotis Clandestina, Harris, one example; this species is found as far north as Greenland. 
Agrotis Conflua, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur., VI, 1, (1827). Three; do not present any obvious points of difference from examples 
from Iceland in my possession. 
Agrotis Fennica, Tauscher, Mem. Mosc., (1806). One example; in the British Museum are examples credited to Trenton Falls 
and Nova Scotia, but the one alluded to above is the first and only one T ever saw that was taken in N. America; it is a handsome spe- 
cies, expanding about 1J inches, primaries are dark purplish grey margined with pale flesh colour along interior margin, reniform and 
orbicular also flesh colour ; secondaries white, outwardly greyish or smoky. 
Mamestra Condita, Guen., Noct. II, 78. (1852). One example. 
Hadena Rurea, Fabr. Syst. Ent., 618, (1775). One example, differing in no particular from those received from various parts of 
Europe. 
Leucania, — apparently L. Albilinea, Hubner, but the single example is in too wretched a condition to speak of with any certainty. 
Drasteria Erechtea, Guen., two small sized examples. 
Hyperetis Alienaria, H-S. Three. 
Metrocampa Perlata, Guen. Sixteen examples, all smaller than those found in the United States. 
Acidalia Frigidaria, Moschler, Wiener. Ent. Monatschrift, Vol. IV, p. 373, t. 10, (1860). Two examples. 
Cidaria Hastata, L., var. Gothicata, Guen. Nine examples, one with secondaries entirely black, like many of those found commonly 
in Pennsylvania, N. York, etc., the others are nearer to the European stem-form Hastata, having as much white in them as in many of 
the latter; some agree exactly with Mr. Moschler’s fig. 4 on t. 10, Wien. Ent. Monats., Vol. IV. 
Cidaria Tristata, Lin. Syst. Nat., X, 526, (1758). One example, identical in every particular of size, colour and ornamentation, with 
those from Europe. 
Cidaria Obductata, Mosch., Wien. Ent. Monats., Vol. IV, p. 375, t. 10, (1860), three examples, all agreeing with the excellent figure 
cited. Mr. Moschler, in his original description, ventures the suggestion* that perhaps this may be a polar form of C. Luctuata, Hb., 
a species common in most parts of Central Europe; so sure am I that this surmise will prove correct, that when I first received the ex- 
amples, before I was acquainted even with the figure and description of Mr. Moschler, I placed them in my collection below C. Luctuata 
as a variety of that species; the principal difference in Obducata, on the upper surface, is the absence of the white mesial band of 
secondaries, beneath it is greater, the prevalent colour being black. 
Baptria Albovittata, Guen. Seven specimens. 
Sericoris Glaciana, Mosch., Wien. Ent. Monats., Vol. IV, p. 380, t. 10, (1860). One example. 
NEMEOPHILA PLANTAGINIS. — Of this species and its varieties, Hospita, etc., I have seen in various collections, and have my- 
self received many examples from Colorada, Nevada and California, as well as some melanotic forms which are unrepresented in the old 
world, one of which is the Nem. Petrosa of Walker. The synonymy of this species is: 
Nemeophila Plasttaginis, Linnseus ( Phalceno P.) Systema Naturse, 501, (1758), Fauna Suec., 301, (1761) ; Wilkes, English Moths and 
Butt., t. 50, (1773) ; Esper, Schmett., 36, (1777-1794) ; Donovan, Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins., IV, 1. 134, (1792-1816). 
Hubner, (Bombyx P.) Samm. Eur. Schmett., 127, 128, (1793-1827) ; (Parasemia P.) Verz. bek. Schmett., 181, 
(1816). Oschenheimer, Schmett. Eur., Ill, 312, (1810). Godart, Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr., Ill, 33, (1821-1824). 
Stephens, (Nemeophila P.) Brit. Ent., (1827-1835); Duncan, Nat. Lib. Ent., IV, 216, (1836); Freyer, N. 
Beit., 612, (1831-1858). Berge, (Bombyx P.) Schmetterlingsbuch, 68, t. 18, (1842). Staudinger, (Nemeophila 
P.) Cat. Eur. Lep., 56, (1871). 
Nemeophila Ccespitis, Grote & Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., I, p. 337, t. VI, (1868). ib. IV, 428, (1873). 
Nemeophila Cichorii, Grote & Robinson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., I, p. 338, t. VI, (1868). ib. IV, 428, (1873). 
*“ Cidaria Obductata, Moschh, Taf. 10, Fig. 3 (an luctuata var.?) Zwei von Labrador erhaltene uebereinstimmende Exemplare 
wage ich nicht mit Bestimmtheit von luctuata zu trennen, denn obwohl dieselben auffallende unterschiede zeigen, ware es doch moglich, 
dass sie als nordische Varietaten zu jener art gehorten.” Moschler, Wien. Ent. Monats., Vol. IV, p. 375, (1860), 
