248 BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P. balluca Geyer.* 



1835. Gcyer, Zutriigc, ff. 681, 682, Di/achrysia. 

 1852. Gu., Spec. Gen., Noct,, n, 334, Plusia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xn, 904, Plusia. 



1873. gauml., Can. But., v, 11, larva. 



1874. Lintner, Ent. Coat., in, 163, larva. 

 1881. Grt., Can. Ent., xin, 91, Plusia. 



HABITAT.- -Nova Scotia; Canada in June and July; Northern, East 

 em and Middle States in July and August. 



P. metallica Grt.* 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 311, Plusia. 

 l>ractea\ Grt. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 72, Plusia. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vn, 46, Plusia. 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci,, n, 311, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. California, Mendocino in June. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



P. arizona French. 

 1889. French, Can. Ent., xxi, 161, Plusia. 



HABITAT. Arizona. 



the type is in Prof. French's collection. If it is as close an ally of 

 /'. hotcurdi Edw., as Prof. French suggests, it is not a Plusia at' all, 

 but a BasUo(h's. I have not seen it. 



P. contexta Grt.* 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 193, Plusta. 

 1875. Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvi, 161, 1'ltixia. 

 1883. Thaxter, Papilio, in, 18, larva on grass. 



HABITAT. Maine; New York; Eastern and Middle States, June, 

 July, August. A type is in the British Museum; another in Dr. Lint 

 ncr's collection. 



P. putnanii Grt.* 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci,, i, 146 et. 192, pi. 4, f. 2, Plusia. 

 1875. Speyer, Stett. Eut. Zeit., xxxvi, 162, Plusia. 



HABITAT. Northern, Eastern, and Middle States; Canada; Juno 

 and July; Colorado; Virginia; Portland, Oregon, May and June. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



P. venusta Wlk. 



1865. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xxxin, 836, Pliisla. 



striatella Grt. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 194, Plusia. 



HABITAT. Canada; Maine; New York; District of Columbia. 



The type of Walker's species is in the British Museum, as is also a 

 specimen of striatella not the type from the Grote collection. The 

 two refer to the same species. 



