CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID2E SMITH. 171 



HABITAT. Canada; Maine; Vermont, in July and August j northern 



New York in July. 

 The type is iu the British Museum. 



Genus TRIGONOPHORA Hbn. 

 1816. Hbn., Verzeichuiss, 217. 



T. perictilosa Gii.* 



1852. Gu., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 65, Phlogophora. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Het., xi, 542, Phlxjophnnt. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Butf. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 17, Triyonophora. 

 var. V-bruniieum Grt.* 



1875. Grt., Check List Noct., 23, Trigonophora. 



1882. Grt., New List, 29, an var. pr. 



HABITAT. Newfoundland; Canada in July and August; northern, 

 eastern, and central United States, July to September; Colorado; 

 British Columbia. 



The types, both of the species and variety, are iu the British Museum. 



Genus BROTOLOMIA Led. 

 1857. Lederer, Noct. Eur., 115. 



B. iris Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ir, 64, Fhlogophora. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Het., xi, 542, PMoyophora. 



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



HABITAT. Canada; Northern, Middle, and Central States, June 

 and July. 



The type is in the British Museum. Our species is probably as dis- 

 tinct generic-ally from the European form as are any others in this 

 series, and if the other genera hold, a new genus, Mcsoloinia milti, must 

 be used for -iris. 



Genus EUPLEXIA Steph. 

 1829. Steph., 111. Brit. Eut., Huust,, in, 3. 



E. lucipara Linn.* 



175. Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. x, 518, Xotiua. 



1761. Linn., Fn. Suec., 1201, Noctua. 



1767. Linn., Syst. Nat 4 , ed. xn, n, 857, Nodua. 



1781. Fabr., Spec. Ins., n, 233, Nocliui. 



1793. Fabr., Ent. Syst.. in, 2, 99, Xoctuti. 



1816. Hbn., Verzeichniss, 217, Trigonophora. 



1829. Stepb., 111. Brit. Ent., Haust., in, I, A'^/ma. 



1851. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 68, Euplc.nu. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xr, 543, Etiplcjcia. 



1875. Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvi, 153, Enplexla. 



1874. Morr., Psyche, I, 22, organs. 



1883. Hy. Edw., Papilio, in, 133, larva. 

 1889. Dyar, Can. Ent., xxi, 137, life history. 



HABITAT. United States generally, May to August; Europe. 



