CATALOGUE OF NOGTUID^E - SMITH. 287 



Genus PSEUDOTAMILA Smith. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Eat. Soc., X, 238. 



P. vanella Grt.* 



1877. Grt., Can.Ent., xi, 1JI7, Tumilit. 



1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc., x, 239, Pseudotamila. 



HABITAT. Nevada ; California. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



P. permiuuta Hy. EcVw. 



1881. Hy. Edw., Papilio, I, 21, Melicleptria. 



1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., x, 239, Pseudotamila. 



HABITAT. Sierra Nevada, California. 

 The types are in, the Edwards collection. 



Genus MELAPORPHYRIA Grt. " 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Butt 1 . Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 75. 



M. immortua (Jrt. 



1874. Grt,. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., u, 75, 220, Melaporplnjria. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc., x, 237, Afelaporphyria. 



HABITAT. Massachusetts and New York in June; Colorado. 

 The type is in Dr. Lintner's collection at Albany. 



M. prorupta Grt. 



1873. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., iv, 294, Hello this. 

 1873. Grt., Bull Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 118, Heliothis. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., X, 238, Melaporphyria. 

 venttsta Hy. Edw. 



1875. Hy. Edw., Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., vi, 133, Melicleptria. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., v, 183, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. California ; Oregon. 



The types should be in the American Ent. Society's collection j but 

 I have not seen them there. 



M. belladonna Hy. Edw. 



1081. Hy. Edw., Papilio, i, 20, Melicleptria. 



1883. Smith, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc., X, 238, Melapoiyhyria. 



1890. Grt., Revised Check List, 34, Dysocnemis. 



HHBITAT. Utah. 



The types are in the Edwards and Neunioegen collections. 



M. oregcma Hy. Edw.* 



1875. Hy. Edw., Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., vi, 135, Melicleptria. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., x, 138, =or>onis 



1891. Butler, Entomologist, xxiv, 293, an sp. dist. 



HABITAT. Colorado; Nevada; Oregon. 



Mr. Butler is quite correct in separating Mr. Edwards's species from 

 ononis; but he is in error in charging Mr. Grote with the combination. 



