CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 31 



Family NOCTUID2E. 



Genus PANTHEA Him. 

 ISKi. Hiilmer, Vcr/oicliniss, 203. 



I use this term to replace Audela, Flatycerura, and iii part Charudra 

 as used by Mr. Grote. The species are structurally identical with the 

 European cccnobita, and one species acronyctoides has also practically 

 the same type of markings. 



P. acronyctoides Wlk. 



1861. Wlk., Can. Nat. and Geol., vi., 37, Anclela. 



1877. Grt., Can. Eiit., ix, 27, Andcht. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 169, Andela. 

 1891. Smith, List Lepicloptera, 34, Puiithca. 



ciieoinelaiui: Morr. 



1875. Morr., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1875, 428, Panthni. 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv.. iv, 169, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Canada; River Rouge in June; Maine; Massachusetts; 

 New York ; Wisconsin. 



Mr. Morrison's type is in the Tepper collection; Mr. Walker's is in 

 the collection of the Entomological Society of Ontario, fide Grote. The 

 references were made by Mr. Grote after seeing both types. 



P. furcilla Pack. - 



1864. Pack., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil., in, 374, Plati/cerura. 



1873. Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb., 230, pi. 9, f. 15, Phdyccrura. 



1874. Lint,, Ent., Cont., in, 131 f. 7, larva. 



1881. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., vi, 258, 277, Phiti/ccrura. 

 1883. Thaxter, Papilio, in, 11, larva, 

 1891. Smith, List Lepicloptera, 34, Panthca. 



HABITAT. Canada; Eastern and Middle States; Minnesota; New 

 York in June. 



The type of this species is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at 

 Cambridge. 



P. gigaiitea French. 



1890. French, Can. Eut., xxii, 134, PI<ity<r-rtira. 



1891. Smith, List Lepicloptera, 34, Paxthea. 



HABITAT. Colorado, Texas. 



Prof. French has his own type. I had seen specimens in the Ed- 

 wards collection, but had considered them local forms of furcilla. 



P. palata Grt.* 



1880. Grt,, Can. Eut., xu, 258, Charadrn. 



1881. Grt., Papilio, i, 153, Charadrn. 



1891. Smith, List Lepidoptera, 34, Punthwt. 



HABITAT. Colorado ; Arizona. 



The type is in the British Museum. Mr. Butler has it under Platy- 

 cerura. 



