CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.T: SMITH. 301 



A. delecta Wlk.* 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xir, 799, Acontia. 



1868. G. & R., Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., n, 78, Taraclc. 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvn, 212, Tunichc, 



1888. Weeks, Ent. Amer., iv, 46, larva. 



1892. Beut., Bull. Aui. Mus. N. H., iv, 68, larva. 



metallica Grt. 



1865. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc, PLiil.. iv, 327. pi. 11, f. 7, Acontia. 



1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc., n. 78. pr. syn. 



HABITAT. New Jersey, southward to Florida and Texas (in May). 



AYalker's type is in the British Museum ; that of Mr. Grote's is in 

 the Collection of the American Entomological Society. This species is 

 readily known by its large size and color resemblance to Eudryas. 



A. terminimaculata Grt.* 





1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc, Nat. Sci., I, 153, Taraclic. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 162, Tr<t<-lir. 



HABITAT. New York; Massachusetts; Illinois in August. 

 The type is with Dr. Liutner. 



A. aidoris Hbn. 



1823. Hbn., Zutrrege zur Samml. Ex. Schmett., in. 34, f. 551, 552, Taraclie. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 219, Acontia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xn, 758, Acontia. 



1880. Grt., Can. Eut., xn, 118, Taraclic, ? an American. 



HABIPAT. " Georgia." ? 



In the Museum at Paris is a specimen from South America, identi- 

 fied by Guenee. The species has the maculatiou of canflefaeta, but is 

 darker in color and narrower winged. I do not remember any similar 

 specimens in American collections. 



Genus CHAMYRIS Gn. 

 1852. Gn.. Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 225. 



C. cerintha Tr.* 



1825. Tr., Schmett. Enr., V, 240, Acontia. 



1829. Bdv., Ind. Meth., 165, Acontia. 



1845. H. Sen., Schmett. Eur., n, pi. 86. f. 116. Acontia. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 225, C/mMi//m. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xn, 803, Chami/ris. 



1874. Lint., Ent. Cont., in, 163, Chamijris. 



1881. Coquillett, Papilio, I, 56, larva on apple. 



1892. Edw. & Elliott, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. , iv, 78, larva. 



HABITAT. Canada; Eastern, Middle, Southern, and Central States; 

 New York in May and July; Canada in June; Massachusetts in Juno 

 and July; Kansas in May. 



Erroneously described by Treitschke as a European species, 



