CATALOGUE OF NoCTriD.E SMITH. 243 



ALETIA ill. n. 

 181G. Him.. V. r/eirlniiss. 230. 



A. aigillacea Him.* 



1820. Him.. 7iitrae<;e. ff. 3!l!t. 100. Aldin. 



IS.Vi. \Vlk.. ('. B. Mus., Met., IX, 7 1 J, Mi/tlihinm. 



1873. Grt.. Hull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i. 122, 170, 

 1S7H. ('(linstock. Cotton Insects, i, l'S|. pi. l, .11, 'Ha. 

 isso. Grt., C;in. Kut., xn, 117. Aletin. 



1892. Butler. Entomologist, \xv, 13, Ali-.tia, 



si/linn S;iy. 



1S2S. S;iy. Southern Agriculturist. I, 203, Xnrhi/i. 

 185!.t. .Say. American Ent.. Lee. ed., I, 870. .\nrlun. 

 isii). Crt., I 'roc. Eut. Soc. I'liil., in, .".41. Anomis. 

 1X73. Grt., Dull. Huff. Soc. Nat. Sci.. i. 170. pr. syn. 

 18*0. Grt.. Can. Eut.. xn, 117. ]r. syn. 

 1881. Kiley, 1'apilio. I, 107. an sp. (list. 

 1885. L'lley, 4th Kept. Ent. Connn., pp. 1-3-1 1, pi., .llctia. 



i/rini(lipii)i<-/(i (in. 



1852. (in.. Spec, (ien., Noct., n, 400. .Inoiin*. 

 isr.7. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het.. xm, ilS'l. Aii<ni*. 

 1868. IJcthune, Can. Ent., I. s~, .'mamix. 



1874. Grt., Hull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci.. n, 24, pr. syu. 

 bipunctina < Ju. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 400, AHOIH'IK. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xm, !>80. Anomix. 

 IsiH. Grt., Proc. Ent, Soc. Phil., in, 541, si/litia. 

 1873. Grt,, Bull. Huff. Soc. X;it. Sci., i, 170, pr. syn. 



HABITAT: Canada occasional, south to Central Southern and Gull' 

 States; Central and South America. 



I have seen none of the types. Ilijiimc/iini was described from a 

 figure by Abbot and has no type; (/rtiinlipiiiKid was described from 

 specimens in the Sannders tS: Griieuee collections. The types are, there- 

 fore, probably one of them at Oxford, the others at Rennes with M. 

 Oberthiir. The bibliography given is a mere outline. In Comstock's 

 Cotton Report of 1870 and in the 4th Kept, of the United States En- 

 tomological Commission a full bibliography covering several pages is 

 given. In these publications all possible information concerning the 

 species will be found. Concerning the synonymy adopted, a lew words 

 may be necessary. Prof. Comstock accepted Mr. Grote's dictum on 

 authority, while suggesting that it was not beyond doubt. Dr. liiley 

 does not accept Mr. Grote's identification at all, and goes at some length 

 into the reasons for declining to do so. rnfortmiately. with a large 

 material at command, he yet failed to find a species to which he was 

 willing to apply Hiibner's figure positively. Mi. I>ntler says, "I can 

 not admit this identification of (tr</ill<tc<'/t," referring to its union with 

 .ci/lhtn Say. He refers to itryUlaccn, ill if it Gn., comhtcfd Wlk.. and lioxfiii 

 Ilarv. Host la and court it eta are synonymous from my own examination 

 of the types. Of illita I am not certain; but I feel very lirmh con- 

 vinced that Hiibner did not have this form before him to be figured, 



