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my note on the species. Since then I have received Mr. Butler's notes 

 in which he makes the species equal A. inflata Wallengren, Wien. Ent. 

 Monatschr., I860, iv, 172, from Honolulu, and suggests that paradoxus 

 may be only a paler form. Mr. Butler may be right in his reference, 

 but the species seemed to me distinct, though near allies. Under the 

 circumstances I prefer to hold both- species as above, for the present. 



Genus HELIOTHIS Ochs. 

 1816, Ochs., Schmett. Eur., iv, 91. 



H. armiger Hbn.* 



1810. Hbn., Samml. Eur. Schmett., Noct., 370, Novtua. 



1816. Ochs., Schmett. Eur., iv, 91, Heliothis. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 181, Heliothis. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xi, 684, Heliothis. 



1868. H. Sch., Corr. Blatt, 1868, Cuba, p. 10, Heliothis. 



1875. Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvi, 158, Reliothis. 



1882. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., x, 220, Heliothis. 



1885. Eiley, 4th Sept. Ent. Coinm., 355-384, pi. m and iv, Heliothis. 



umbrosus Grt. 



1863. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., r, 219, Heliothis. 

 1863. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., I, 347, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Canada; United States generally, throughout the season. 



The bibliography given is scant,because in the fourth Eeportof the U. 

 S. Ent. Comm., there is a very complete list of the literature to 1883. 

 Since that time the species has been again and again treated in eco- 

 nomic publications, in most cases without adding anything that is new. 

 The Annual Eeports of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 since 1885 should be consulted. For the purposes of this catalogue no 

 more references are needed. 



H. phlogophagus G. and K.* 



1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., i, 180, Heliothis. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., I, 121, Heliothis. 



1881. Coquillett, Papilio I, 56, larva. 



1882. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., x, 221, = dipsaceous. 



1891. Butler, Entomologist, xxiv, 262, ? an sp. dist. dipsaceous. 

 var. interjacens Grt. 



1880. Grt., Bull. Bkln. Ent. Soc., in, 30, Heliothis. 



1881. Grt., Papilio, I, 158, pr. syn. 

 var. luteitinctus Grt. 



1875. Grt., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1875, 426, Heliothis. 



1882. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., x, 221, = maritima. 



HABITAT. Central, Western, and Southern States; Texas in April; 

 Nebraska; Colorado, August to October; New Mexico; British Colum- 

 bia; Utah; California, in June. 



Mr. Grote's types are in the British Museum, where a good series of 

 specimens enabled me to make careful comparisons with the European 

 dipsaceous and its varieties. Quite unexpectedly I found that the 

 American form, though a u representative " one, was quite distinct 

 from the European, and that Mr. Grote's names must be restored. 



