CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 1G9 



Genus PRODENIA Gn. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Geu., Noct., i, 159. 



P. eridania Cram.* 



1782. Cram., Pap. Exot., iv, 133, pi. 358, f. E ami F, Phalccna. 

 1816. Hbn., Verzeirhniss, I'll, r ,///;,///. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., I, 148, Xi/lomii/es. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix. 1*2. .' \nlomiges. 



phytolaccce S. & A. 



1797. S. & A., lus. Ga., n, 193, pi. 97, Phahena. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 1 IS, pr. var. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 183, pr. syu. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ir, 28, Xylmniyes. 

 1879. Grt., Can. Eut., xi, 215, Prodenia. 



derupta Morr. 

 1875. Morr., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1H75, 62, Actinotia. 



1879. Grt., Can. Ent., xi, 205, ?=y>A///o/mi?. 



1880. Grt., Can. Ent., xn, l8G,=plii/ti>lacca;. 



iii(/rof(isciata Hnlst. 



1881. Hnlst, Bull. Bkln. Ent. Soc., in, 77, Leitcania. 



1881. Hulst, Bull. Bkln. Ent. Soc., iv. 7, ]>1. i, f. 9, Leucania. 

 1891. Smith, List Lepidoptera, 15, pr. syu. 



HABITAT. Georgia; Florida; Texas in September; Central and 

 South America. 



A distinctly marked yet strongly variable species. The names above 

 given apply to our own fauna only; the insect has been further rede- 

 scribed by Walker as Xyl'uui in<jiti<'ta,Proflenia strigif era, wa& Leucania 

 extcrna, and by Mr. Butler as Prodenia if/nobilis. The types of these 

 latter are in the British Museum. Mr. Hulst's type is now at Rutgers, 

 and Mr. Morrison's is with Mr. Graef. I think there are yet more 

 names, but as they are based on other than boreal American specimens, 

 they are not noted here. 



P. commelinae S. &. A.* 



1797. S. & A., Ins. Ga., n, 189, pi. 95, 

 1816. Hbn., Verzeichuiss, 217, Trigonopliora. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Geu., Noct., I, 162, Prodenia. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 193, Prodenia. 



HABITAT. Massachusetts; District of Columbia, August to October, 

 southward; Texas in December; Illinois, August and September. 



Hiibner and Herrich-Scha?ffer both refer this as the same as andro- 

 yena Cramer, while Guenee refers to them as distinct species. The 

 matter is not an important one for present settlement. Gundlach in 

 his Contributions describes also the early stages. 



P. ornithogalli Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 163, Prodenia. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 193, Prodenia. 

 1882. Eiley, Papilio, n, 43, Prodenia. 



lineateUa Harv. 



1874. Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat, Sci., n, 275, Prodenia. 

 1881. French, Can. Ent,, xin, 21, larva. 



