CHLORIDEA.—HELIOTHIS. 299 
Hab. Nortu America 4, Virginia 1, Georgia 12, Florida?, Texas?.—Mexico, Cordova 
(Riimeli), Coatepec (Brooks), Chilpancingo in Guerrero 4000 feet (H. H. Smith, 
June); GuaTemaa, San Gerdénimo (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Arcé, 
mus. D.).—Soutu-East Brazit, Cabo; Amazons, Santarem?, S. Paulo; ANTILLES ®, San 
Domingo ?, Dominica *, St. Thomas >, Guadaloupe >. 
This species is very widely distributed. It varies to some extent, none of the speci- 
mens before me being anything like so brightly coloured as Abbot and Smith’s figure ; 
those from Brazil are darker than the examples from the more northern localities. The 
larva is well-figured by Abbot and Smith, who state that it feeds on Rhexia virginica 
as well as on the tobacco-plant. I think it most probable that Abbot and Smith’s 
insect is not distinct from Noctua virescens, Fabr., if so the Fabrician name has 
priority. 
HELIOTHIS. 
Heliothis, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Europ. iv. p. 91 (1816) ; Treitschke, Schmett. Europ. v. 3, 
p. 230 (1826) ; Guénée, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 56 (1841); Walker, Cat. xi. p. 680. 
The species of this genus are very widely distributed all over the globe ; two only 
from Central America are known to us. 
1. Heliothis armiger. 
Noctua armigera, Hiibn. Europ. Schmett. iv. t. 79. f. 370; Dup. Hist. Nat. Lép. Fr. vii. p. 316, 
t. 119. ff. 6,7; Frey. Beitr. i. t. 203. 
Heliothis armigera, Treitschke, Schmett. Europ. v. 3, p. 230; Boisd. Faun. ent. Madag., Bourbon 
et Maurice, Lép. p. 98; Walk. Cat. xi. p. 683; Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép. vi. p. 181; Druce, 
P. Z. 8. 1884, p. 323°. | 
Heliothis armiger, Staud. Cat. Lep. Europ. p. 130. 
Heliothis umbrosus, Grote, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. i. pp. 219, 347°, and ii. p. 276. 
Heliothis interjacens, Grote, Bull. Brooklyn Soe. ii. p. 80°; List of North-American Moths, p. 36 
(1882). 
Hab. Nortn America, Long I.°, Georgia1, California, Florida, Texas (Ff. D. G.), 
Arizona *.—Mexico1, Milpas in Durango 5900 feet (Forrer), Cuernavaca in Morelos 
(H. H. Smith, June), Mexico city (Hége); GuateMaLa, San Geronimo, Zapote (Cham- 
pion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).—VENEzUELA!; 
Braziu+; Cutt; ANTILLES, Dominica ?, Jamaica 1.—Evurope!; AsiaA!; Arrica!; Avs- 
TRALIA!; Mapacascar!; New Zeatanp!; Samoa Is.anps }, go. 
This very common and widely-distributed insect is found in all parts of the world. 
With a large series of specimens before me, I am unable to separate H. interjacens, 
Grote, the type of which is contained in the National Collection, from H. armiger; in 
Grote’s List of N.-Amer. Moths, 1882, the former is placed as a synonym of H. phlogo- 
phagus. H. armiger is extremely variable: some specimens from Mexico being pale 
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