CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID^E SMITH. 253 



P. brassicae Eilcy.* 



1870. Riloy, 2d Eept. Ins. Mo., 110, f. 81, Plusia. 



1871. Beth., Kept. Ent. Soc. Out.. 1*71, 51, f. 93,'Plnsia. 

 1871. Pack., in Hayden's Oth KVpl. Gc.ol. Surv., 752, /. a, b, c. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. X;it. Sci., i. 147, =ni. 



187.">. Spryer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvr, 165, 350, Plusia. 



1880. Riley, Amer. Ent., in, 200, Ph<*i<i. 



1881. Riley, Index and Supplt., to Mo. Repts., 77. sp. dist. 

 1881. Riley, Papilio, i, 106, Plnxi. 



1881. Grt., Papilio, I, 127, =/. 



1881. Butler, Papilio, I, 170, = n-anrcum. 



1882. Riley, Papilio, n, !:;. sp. dist. 



1883. Riley, Kept. U. S. D.-pt. Agl., 1XS3 ; 119, p]. I et xi, life hist. 

 1886. Grt., Can. Eiit., xvnr, 232, = tii. 



ni t Grt. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc.. Nat. Sci., i, 147, Plusia. 



1880. Lintner, in Colvm's 7th R"pt. Surv. Adir., 399, Plusia. 

 eehinocystis Behr. 



1874. Bclir, in Strk. Lepidopt.. 94, Plusia. 



HABITAT. United States generally; Canada. Throughout the sea- 

 son. 



Dr. Eiley's types are in the National Museum. I have not com- 

 pared the European and American species and give the above as 

 the present status of the literature. Mr. Butler's reference to 

 H-<iureumG-n.,is wild. In the Berliner Museum there is a specimen 

 labeled eehinocystis Behr, received from Boll, Texas. I am inclined to 

 believe the labeling authentic, and the very brief description is 

 uot contradictory in any way. It has been referred, doubtfully, to 

 IxisiltlKca; but this does not agree with what little is said. The eco- 

 nomic bibliography is large. 



P. oxy gramma Geyer.* 



1830. Geyer, Zutra?ge, f. 769, 770, ,tnt<>r/rapha. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 353, Plusia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xn, 908, Pli<i<i. 



HABITAT. Missouri; Georgia; Southern States; Texas. 



P. scapnlaris Hy. Eclw. 



1882. Hy. Ed\v., Papilio, n, 127, I'lusia. 

 HABITAT. Washington. 

 Types are in the Edwards and XeumxBgen collections. 



P. leiizi French. 



1889. French, Can. Ent., xxi, 161, Plusia. 



HABITAT. Siskiyou, California. 



I have not seen this species. I believe Prof. French has the typo. 



The species is nominally credited to Dr. Behr, MSS.; but the descrip- 

 tion is by French, and he must be credited with the species, since he, 

 not Dr. Behr, characterized it. 



