CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID^E SMITH. 130 



X. cuculliformis Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Check List Noct., 24, Hadena. 



HABITAT. California. 



The type is in the British Museum. 



X. verbascoides Gu.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 141, Xylophasia. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 177, Xijlopliasia. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., I, 109, Hadena. 



HABITAT. Middle, Eastern, and Central States, June and July. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



X. nigrior Smith. 

 1890. Smith, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., xin, 437. Xylopltasia. 



HABITAT. Maine. 



The type is with Dr. Thaxter. 



X. cariosa Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., I, 144, Xylopliasia. 

 1856. Wlk., C.B. Mus.. Het., ix, 178, Xi/lophasia. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., I, 109, Hadena. 



1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vi, 15, Hadena. 

 idonea Grt. 



1882. Grt., Can. Ent., xiv, 18, Hadena. 



1890. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xm, 438, XylopJiasia. 



HABITAT. Maine to Texas ; Wisconsin ; Arizona ; Northern States, 

 tlune and July. 



The types of both names are in the British Museum, and are un- 

 doubtedly the same species, much to my surprise. The cariosa type is 

 a dark form of what I have always labeled with the same name; but 

 the cariosa of the Grote collection is what I have supposed was idonea. 

 I am the more surprised at this as my original knowledge of Guentie's 

 species was based upon specimens labeled by Mr. Grote. I had sup- 

 posed idonea to be the western representative of cariosa. I find now 

 that there are probably two species covering the same range. Mr. 

 Grote seems to have realized the same fact; but in separating them he 

 unfortunately selected as type exactly the same form described by 

 Gueuee. The matter needs farther study. I had no males of "idonea" 

 before me when I wrote, and therefore can not be sure that the charac- 

 ters given by ine authorize a new specific name. 



X. vulgaris G. & R.* 



1863. G. & R., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vi, 19, pi. 3. f. 2, Ztjlc^zz'z. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 110, Hadena. 



1874. Grt., 6th Rept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 32,= Xylina socia. 



HABITAT. Middle and Eastern States; District of Columbia, May, 

 June, and July. 

 A specimen marked " type," by Mr. Grote. is in the British Museum. 



