CATALOGUE OF XOCTUID.i: - SMITH. 211 



Genus PSEUDORTHOSIA (Jit. 

 1871. Grt., J'.ull. Bull. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 161. 



P. variabilis Grt.* 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 161, 



1X71. Grt., True. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1874, 2(17, I'-ndvrthosia. 



1875. Grt., C:in. Eiit., vil, 45, Psettdorlhosia. 



1875. (irt., Bull. Bull'. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 86, Choepltora. 



1876. Grt., Can. Eiit., vm, 18, Pscixloi-tltosia. 



1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., xxi, 160, Pseudorthosia. 



HABITAT. California, September and October; Colorado. 



I have not seen the type, nor do I know where it is. The species is 

 quite common in some parts of California and is well known. P. pev- 

 tin<tt, the type of which is in the British Museum, is a Pachnobia, which 

 I had redescribed as fcrruyinoidcft. A specimen labeled "type" by 

 Mr. Morrison is in the National Museum* 



Genus CHOEPHORA G. & R. 

 1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., u, 199. 



C. fuiigorum G. & R. * 



1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Ent, Soc., n, 200, pi. in, 74, Choeplwra. 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 86,. Pseudorthosia. 



1876. Grt., Can. Ent., vm, 17, Clwvhum. 



1876. Grt., Stett. Eiit. Zeit., xxxvn, 136, Pseudorthosia. 

 1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., xxi, 160, Choephora. 



HABITAT. Eastern, Middle, and Central States. 



The type is in the collection of the American Entomological Society. 



MESOGONA Bdv. 

 1840. Bdv., Gen. et Ind. Meth., 144. 



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M. oxalina Hbn. 



1823. Hbn., Samml. Eur. Schmett., iv, 219, Noctua. 

 1852. Gu., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 405, Mcsofjona. 



httexta Harv. 



1875. Harv., Can. Ent., vil, 136, Ipimorpha. 

 1882. Grt., New Li^t, 32, f pr. syii. 



HABITAT. Sharon Springs, New York. 



The type is in the British Museum. Mr. Grote suggests that it is a 

 European example, and he may be correct; at all events it is exactly 

 like ordinary specimens of oxalina. But, on the other hand, Mr. von 

 Meske, who sent Dr. Harvey the specimen, was a very careful collector, 

 and labeled the insect Sharon Springs, a favorite collecting ground. 



The Mcfiogona culea of M. Guenee is a Twniocampa, and will be found 

 under that genus, 



