AGRONOMA AGAIN

In 1895, according to Mr. A. R. Grote, “the European type of Agronama seems certainly to be vestigiatis.” This species was declared to be congeneric with the American species classed by me as Feltia, and the latter genus was dropped in favor of Agronoma, and Mr. Slingerland was scolded because he had adopted the generic name used by me. In the January (1896) number of the Can. Ent. I pointed out for Mr. Grote's benefit, and also for the information of American students, that there existed certain points of structural difference which had escaped Mr. Grote's examination, which made the declared type of Agronoma a member of the genus Agrotis as restricted by me, the latter genus being based upon the very species which Mr. Grote said was its type. As the result of this paper, it has become much less “certain” to Mr. Grote's mind that vestigialis is, after all, the type of Agronoma, and on reconsidering the matter, it seems to him that crassa had better be considered the type.