31G BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Genus METOPONIA Dup. 

 1844. Dup., Cat. Lep. Metli. Eur. 



M. obtusa II. Scli.* 



1853. H. Sell., Ex. Schmctt., 68, f. 210, Mi-tnpnnla. 



1875. Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 11, Melopotiia. 

 obtiisuJa Zell. 



1873. Zell., Verb. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges., xxm, 204, pi. in, f. 2, Metopoma. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 199, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Middle and Central States; Texas in April. 



Zeller's type is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge. 



M. perflava Ilaiv. v 

 1S75. Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., in, 11, MeAuponla. 



HABITAT. Texas in April. 



The type is in the British Museum. 



M. macula Smith. 

 1891. Smith, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc., xvnr, 132, Metoponia. 



HABITAT. Las Vegas, New Mexico. 



Types are in the Neumosgeu and Hulst Collections. 



Genus HYBLJEA Fabr. 

 1793. Fabr., Ent. Syst., in, 2, 127. 



H. puera Cram.* 



1779. Cram., Pap. Ex., n, 10, pi. 103, f. D. E., I'halasna. 



1811. Oliv., Enc. Metb., vin, 282, Noctna. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 390, Hi/Mtrn. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Met., xn, 979, Hi/bhnt. 



1868. H. Sob., Corr.-Blatt, 1868, Cuba, p. 23, Hi/bhva. 



1885. Gundlacb, Cout. Ent. Cub., 339, Hi/l>la. 



saga Fabr. 



1787. Fabr., Maut. Insect., n, 137, Xoctua. 

 1793. Fabr., Ent. Syst., in, 2, 128, Hjjlhra. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., n, 390, pr. syn. 



mirijicum Strk. 



1876. Strk., Lep. Rhop. et Het,, 122, Jinii/ma. 

 1881. Grt., Can. Eut., xni, 16, pr. syu. 



1883. Grt., Pro'c. Am. Phil. Soc., xxi, 169, pr. syn. 



HABITAT. Texas; Florida; West Indies. 



Guenee also cites Noctua unxia Hbn., and H. aprlcans Bdv., as synon- 

 ymous with the above species. It seems to be a common form in more 

 tropical regions and only occasional in our own fauna. 



Genus DRASTERIA Hbn. 

 1816. Hiibner, Verzeicbniss, 280. 



D. erechtea Cram.* 



1782. Cram., Pap. Ex. in. 149, pi. 275, f. E., I'lialccna. 

 1816. Hbn., Yerzeicbniss, 281, Drasterla. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., in, 289, Drastcria. 



