CATALOGUE OF NOCTUIDJE SMITH. 289 



M. honesta Grt. 



1881. Grt., Papilio. i, 77, MeUcleptria. 



1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., x, 245, MeUcleptria. 



HABITAT. Mount Hood, Oregon. 



The type is iir the Neumcegen collection. 



M. sueta Grt.* 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat, Sci., i, 117, pi. in, f. 10, HeliotMs. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent, Soc., x, 245, Mellcleptria. 



califurnicus Grt. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 149, Hd'tothls. 

 1883. Smith, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc., x, 245, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Colorado ; California, 



Types of both names are in the Tepper collection, and a specimen of 

 californicus, also marked "type," is in the British Museum. 



M. vaccinias Hy. Echv. 



1875. Hy. Echv., Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., vi. 134, MeUcleptria. 



1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc., x, 251, MeUcleptria. 



HABITAT. Sierra Nevada, California. 

 The type is in the Edwards collection. 



M. septentrionalis Hy. Ecl\v.* 



1884. Hy. Edw., Papilio, iv, 45, MeUcleptria. 



HABITAT. Hudson Bay Territory. 



The types are in the Neumoegen collection. Mr. Neumregen thinks 

 this is the same as ononis Fab. He may be right; I have not compared 

 them. 



Genus HELIOLONCHE Grt, 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 115. 



H. modicella Grt.* 



1873. Grt,, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat, Sci., i, llti, pi. in, f. 12, Heliolonclio. 

 1875. Grt,, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 220, Heliolonclie. 

 1883. Smith. Trans. Am. Ent, Soc., x, 242, HeUolonche. 



HABITAT. California, in June; Colorado. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



Genus HELIOSEA Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc, Nat. Sci., n, 220. 



H. pictipeunis Grt. 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat, Sci., n, 220, Hcliosea. 



1882. Grt., 111. Essay, 62, pi. in, f. 32, ffdiosea. 



1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., x, 239, Hcliosea. 

 1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., xxi, 172, Hcliosea. 



HABITAT. California. 



The type is in the British Museum ; it has no legs, no head, and only 

 two wings. Whether it was in that condition when the figure was 

 made I can not say, of course. 



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