CATALOGUE OF NOCTUIDJE SMITH. 3ol) 



M. Oborthiir. A specimen, apparently determined by Guenee, is in the 

 British Museum, and this agrees with the specimens so named in the 



Grote collection. 



P. erasa Gn. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gon., Noct., in, 301, Poaphila. 

 ixr,s. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Hut., xiv, 1470, Poaphila. 



HABITAT. Southern States. 



Typical specimens, named by Guenee, are in the British Museum and 

 in the Jardin des Plantes, and with these the erasa of the Grote col- 

 lection agrees ; but the herbicola of the same collection is also erasa, 

 and not the herbicola Bdv. 



P. herbicola Bdv.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., in, 301, Poaphila. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Het., xiv, 1417, Poaphila. 



HABITAT. Southern States. 



The type is probably in the Oberthiir collection. In the Jardin des 

 Plantes at Paris is a specimen named herbicola by Guenee, which is 

 very like erasa in habitus and maculatiou and seems to differ only in 

 the much paler ground color. It is much paler than the herbicola of 

 the Grote collection; but it is not at all unlikely that intermediate 

 specimens will be found and that herbicola is a washed-out erasa. 



P. flavistriaria Hbn. 



1823. Hbn., Zutroege, in, f. 555, 556, Crochiphora. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., in, 303, Poaphila. 



1858. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Het., xiv, 1470, Poaphila. 

 1880. Grt., Can. Ent., xn, 118, Poaphila. 



HABITAT. Southern States. 



P. pacalis Wlk. 



1858. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xiv, 1475, Poaphila. 



irroraia Grt. 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 185, Poapliila. 



HABITAT. Florida. 



The types are both in the British Museum, and are undoubtedly the 



same, specifically. 



P. placata Grt. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., IV, 184, Poaphila. 



HABITAT. Georgia. 



I have not seen the type, nor do I know where it is. 



P. perplexa Bdv. 



1852. Bdv., in Gn., Spec. Geu., Noct., m, 302, Poaphila. 

 1858. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xiv, 1470, Poaphila. 



HABITAT. Georgia. 



A type specimen is in the Paris Museum. It is a Plnirys, allied to 

 herbarum, with the t. a. line and subterminal spots wanting. I am not 

 certain that I have seen just this form in American collections. 



