CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 223 



Grt, 



1877. Grt,, Psyche, n, so. <;l<ra. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iv, 181, E)>njl<vii. 



1890. Grt., Kevised List Noct., 27, pr. v:ir. 



HABITAT. Canada in September and October; Eastern, Middle, and 

 Central States; Massachusetts in September; District of Columbia in 

 October. 



The type of dediva is in the British Museum. Of dclcta Mr. Thaxtcr 

 has typical specimens, and these are not different from the usual forms 

 ofdecliva, 



Genus ORRHODIA Him. 

 1816. Hbu., Yerzeichuiss, 231. 



O. californica Smith.* 



1891. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., xvm, 113, Orrhodia. 

 HABITAT. Sierra Nevada, California. 



The type is in the National Museum. This seems more nearly con- 

 generic with the European species. 



Genus XANTHIA Ocha. 

 1816. Ochs., Rch.iiiett.Eur., iv, 82. 



X. flavago Fal>r. * 



1787. Fabr., Mant. Ins., 160, Xoctna. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het,, xi, 715, Gorti/na. 



tnijutu Esp. 



1788. Esper, Schmett, Eur., pi. 124, f. 1, Noctun. 

 1876. Spryer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvi, 204, Xanthia,. 



silarjo Hbn. 



1800. Hbn., Samml. Enr. Schmett., Noct., 191, Noctua. 

 1816. Hbn., Verzeiehuiss, 234, Citria. 

 1852. Gu., Spec. Gen., Noct., I, 394, Xanthia. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 461, Xaiitlna. 



HABITAT. Canada; Northern and Eastern States; Northern New 

 York, September. 



I follow Staudinger in the synonymy. Standinger, Walker, and 

 Gueuee should be consulted for European bibliography. The insect 

 seems to have been very little referred to in our own literature. 



X. puta G. & E. 



1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., i, 347, pi. 7, f. 50, Xantliia. 

 fl ABIT AT. Northern and Eastern States; New York. 

 I have not seen the type and do not know its present whereabouts. 



Genus JODIA Hbn. 

 J816. Hbu., Verzeiehuiss, 234. 



J. rufago Hbu.* 



1818. Hbu., Zutraegp, 15, ff. 61, 62. Jodia. 

 1816. Hbn., Verzeichniss, 234, Jodia. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct,, i, 392, Xanthia. 

 1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, Kit, 



