CATALOGUE OF MxTmxi: SMITH. 2 17 



D. palligera Grt. 

 1831. Grt.. Papilio, i, ;r, I>,T,I. 



HABITAT. Sierra Nevada, California; Western Colorado. 

 Types are in tlie Edwards Collection and in the British Mu.-.eiim. 



D. morigera Hy. E<l\v. 

 1NS7. II.v. Ed\v., Euto. Anicr.. n, Kill, /'era. 



HAUH AT. South Park, Colorado. 

 The type is in the Edwards Collection. 



Genus PLUSIA Orbs. 

 181G. odis., Schmett, Eur., IV, 89. 



Mr. Grote in his lists writes riusi<( Fabricius, and in 1874 quoted 

 Lederer as authority for this use. Lederer, however, says I'/iisin 

 Treitschke; but says also Plim'm Fabricius, for a section of the genus in- 

 cluding those not referable to Ahrostola; Staudinger writes Pliinia Och 

 senheimer, and this accords with what I have found in my searches 

 among the ancients. In none of the Fabriclan works is Noel mi subdi- 

 vided, though probably in the Systema Glossatorum this was done. It 

 may be that Lederer derives his authority from this unpublished work; 

 but as the matter stands Ochseiiheimer must be credited with the 



genus. 



P. asrea Him.* 



1X10. Hbn., Schmett. Eur., iv, pi. 56, f. 27. \octna. 



1811. Oliv., Em-. Meth , vm, 31S, \<>ctii. 



1816. Him.. Yerzeichniss, 250, A<irapha. 



1827. Dnp v Hist. X;it. Lcp. Fr., vn, 17, pi. 133, f. 4. Xoctna. 



182!:>. Bdv., Index Meth., loll, I'ltixla. 



1832. Mfigen, Syst. Besc-hr. Sclimctt . Euv.. in, 250, pi. 121, f. 5, Plusia. 



1852. Gn.,Spec. Gen., Noc-t.. n. W. riuxia. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Hot., xn. Sill), I'lnxia. 



HABITAT. Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas; United States 

 east of the Rocky mountains; New Mexico; Colorado; Canada in June 

 and August; New York in June, August, and September; Massachu- 

 setts in July; District of Columbia in August. 



This species was described as European, which accounts for the char- 

 acter of the bibliography. Guenee first pointed out that it was an 

 American. Curiously enough there has been no reference requiring 

 citation in American works. 



P. aeroides (irt.* 



1864. Grt., Proc, Ent. Soc. Phil., in, 83. .-t 541, pi. 2, f. 5. Phisia. 

 1874. Lintner, Eiit. Cont., in, KM, larva. 

 1876. Thaxtcr, Psyche, I, 1XX, larva. 



HABITAT. Canada to Texas, to Colorado. Dates as in area. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



