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it did not represent the Linna-an species. Totfi, by the bye, is recorded 

 as American by Kirby; but probably erroneously. So also mi/tt Hbn. 

 is made Canadian by Walker. It is a matter of some interest perhaps 

 to ascertain what these authors had before themj but the names need 

 not be repeated, here to cumber the list. 



P. sackeni Grt. 



1877. Get., Can.Eut,,i\. i:r>, 1'lnnlti. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., in, 801, Plusia. 



HABITAT. Col< >r ado. 



The type is in the British Museum. 



P. snowi Hy. Edw.* 



1884. Hy. Edw., Papilio, iv, 14, Plnsia. 

 HABITAT. Xew Mexico; Colorado, South Park. 

 The type is in Prof. Snow's collection. 



P. accurata Hy. Edw. 

 1882. Hy. Edw., Papilio, n, 127, Plusia. 



HABITAT. Washington. 



Mr. Neunio?gen has the type. It is probably not a Plusia at all. 



P. alterna Strk. 



1885. Strk., Proc, Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., xxxvii, 178, Plusia. 



HABITAT. Colorado. 



The type is in the Strecker collection. 



P. corrusca Strk. 

 1885. Strk., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., xxxvn, 178, Plttsia. 



HABITAT. Colorado. 



The type is in the Strecker collection. I do not know this or the 

 preceding species, and the proper placing it is impossible from the 



description. 



P. omicroii Linn. 



1823. Afzelius, Life of Linn;eus, Phnhi-na. 



1816. Him., Verzeichniss, 251, Autoi/raitliH. 



1826. Afzelius, Life of Liinui'iis, Berlin (trans.), 137, Phnhcna. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xn, QOti^rerriica. 



1874. Grt,, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1874, 208, f = simplex. 



HABITAT. North America (? New York.) 



It is perhaps questionable whether this species can ever be identi- 

 fied with certainty. This, however, is a question for a future monog- 

 rapher of the genus and not for the catalogue maker. 



P. indigna Wlk. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xn, 909, Plusia. 



HABITAT. "Georgia." 



The type is in the British Museum. It is a small species, not in the 

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