CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH 63 



P. pectin ata Grt.* 



1874. Grt., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 207, I'scndorlhosia. 

 1876. Grt., Can. Eufc., vnr, 17, Choephora. 



1876. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sei., in, 86, Chocphora. 

 1882. Grt., New List, 31, Pseudorlhosia. 



ferriiffinoidcs Smith. 

 1890. Smith, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38, 56, rachnobia. 



HABITAT. Colorado, Hall Valley, August; Montana; Black Hills. 



I was quite surprised to find that Mr. Grote's type iu the British 

 Museum was my species. The specimens originally labeled by mo 

 came from Dr. Hulst's collection. Afterwards I found in the Riley col- 

 lection in the National Museum a specimen labeled by Mr. Morrison 

 " Pseudorthisia pectinata type." I therefore did not describe the spe- 

 cies in 1887 with the other species named by me. Subsequently I com- 

 pared the specimen with the original description and concluded that it 

 could not well be intended to apply to this species and renamed it. 

 The National Museum specimen is labeled by me as type, and a "type" 

 is also in the Tepper collection. 



[A number of Colorado specimens seen recently make it certain that 

 this is but a form of Uttoralis Pack. Pectinata may stand for the 

 variety with distinct median lines.] 



P. haesitans Wlk. 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 329, Agrotia. 



HABITAT. Rocky Mountains. 



The type is a well-preserved male, the antenna? distinctly pectinated, 

 the other characters as in Paclmobia, save that it has the aberrant, dull, 

 ash-gray color of my cinerascens. It is not unlike this latter save in 

 anteunal characters. The median lines are single, t. p. line crenate, 

 cell blackish between the ordinary spots. 



P. salicarum Wlk.* 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus. Het., xi, 717, Hydra-da. 

 1882. Grt., 111. Essay, 42, Pachnobia. 



orilllana Grt. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vu, 154, Pachnobia. 



1875. Grt., Can. Eut., vir, 227, pi. i, f. 8 = clariformis. 

 1882. Grt., 111. Essay, 42, pr. syu. 

 clnriformis Morr. 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. II., xvn, 162, Af/rotis. 



1875. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvm, 115, Ayruiis. 

 1880. Grt., Bull. Bklu. Eiit. Soc., in, 36 = on7/<>m. 

 1882. Grt.., 111. Essay, ^2 = 



HABITAT. Massachusetts; Maine; White Mountains and North- 

 ward; Canada; Hudson Bay Terr., April and May. 



Walker's type is in the British Museum; but I could not find any 

 specimens labeled by Mr. Grote. Mr. Morrison's type is in the Tepper 

 collection, Agricultural College, Michigan. 



