300 BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



S. tortricina Zell." 



1872. Zell., Ver. k. k. Zool. bot. Gcs., xxn, 461, pi. n, f. 5, Agrophila. 

 1879. Grt., Can. Ent., xi, 233, Spray iieia. 



inorata Grt. 



1882. Grt., Papilio, n, 183, Spragveia. 

 1891. Smith, List Lepid., 56, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Texas in March and May; Kansas in July. 



Zeller's type is in the Museum at Cambridge; Mr. Grote's type is in 

 the Neumcegen collection. The two are the same, specifically. By MH 

 unfortunate oversight the synonymy in my list is reversed and tortri- 

 cina stands as a synonym of inorata instead of vice versa. 



Genus EXYRA Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Check List Noct., 26. 



E. semicrocea Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 241, Xaiithoplera. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xn, 818, Xanflwptera. 

 1874. Riley, Can. Ent., vi, 208, figs. ; life history. 

 1874. Riley, Trans. St. L. Ac. Sci., m, 236, fig. ; life hist. 

 1879. Grt., Can. Ent., xi, 236, Exyra. 



HABITAT. Middle, Central, and Southern States. 



The mime has 110 type, since Gueuee described from a figure by 

 Abbot, and had no autoptic acquaintance with the insect. There is no 

 reasonable doubt however of the identification. 



E. ridiugsii Riley.* 







1874. Riley, Trans. St. Louis Ac. Sci., in, 240, Xantlioptcra. 

 1879. Grt. Can. Ent., xi, 236, Exyra. 

 nigrocaput Morr. 



1874. Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvu, 153, Xanthoptera. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vn, 17, pr. syn. 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 211, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Central and Southern States; Texas. 

 Dr. Klley's type is in the National Museum. I do not know where 

 Mr. Morrison's type now is. 



E. fax Grt. 



1873. Grt., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc,, IV, 295, Xanthoptera. 

 1879. Grt., Can. Ent., xi, 236, Exyra. 



HABITAT. Southern States; Delaware in September. 

 I do not know where the type is at present. 



E. rolandiana Grt.* 



1877. Grt., Psyche, n, 38, Exyra. 



1877. Thaxter, Psyche, li, 39, larva. 



1882. Grt., 111. Essay, 64, pi. 3, f. 35, Exyra. 



HABITAT. Massachusetts, May and June; Eastern, Middle, and 

 Central States. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



