CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 385 



Genus PALTHIS Hbn. 

 1816. Hbn., Verzcichniss, 342. 



P. angulalis Him.* 



1700. Hbn., Schmett. Eur., Pyr.. f. 107, Pyralis. 



1*10. Hbn., Verxeichuiss, 342. I'nlthis. 



1825. Tr., Scbmrtt. Eur., v, 36, Hypena. 



1852. H. ScL., Eur. Scbmett., vi, 382, Herminia. 



1854. Gn., Spec. Gen., Delt., 95, Clttnyma. 



1S59. Wlk., C. B. Mus., H<;t,, xvi, 152, /V////ii-s. 



1872. Grt., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc.. iv, 107, Clmn/ma. 



1873. Grt., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc., iv, 309, PuUhis. 

 aracinthusalis Wlk. 



1859. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het,, XVT. 157, Mardara. 



HABITAT. Canada, in June, to Texas; Central States; New York, 

 . I line to August; Missouri , May and June; District of Columbia, in May. 



Walker's type is in the British Museum and is this common species. 

 No locality was given and both generic and specific descriptions are 

 such that recognition was out of question. 



P. asopialis Gn.* 



1854. Gn., Spec. Gen., Delt., 96, Clanymn. 

 1859. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Het., xvi, 152, PaWn*. 



1872. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., iv, 108, Chnnjma. 

 1X73. Grt., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc., iv, 309, Palthis. 



HABITAT. With the preceding. 



The type is probably with M. Oberthiir. 



Genus HETEROGRAMMA Gn. 

 1854. Gn., Spec. Gen., Delt., 91. 



H. pyramusalis Wlk.* 



1859. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xvi, 106, Herminia. 



i/!inntilix Wlk. 

 1859. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xix, 856, Herminia. 



nirif/enfi Grt. 



1873. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., iv, 305, Phalcenophana. 

 1884. Smith, Bull. Bklu. Ent. Soc., vn, 6, Heterogramma. 



HABITAT. Canada, in June; New York, in May; Middle, Central 

 and Southern States; Missouri and District of Columbia, in August. 

 All the types are in the British Museum and were directly compared. 



H. palligera Smith.* 

 1884. Smith, Bull. Bkln. Ent. Soc., vii, 6, Heterogramma. 



HABITAT. California; Florida. 



The types are in the National Museum and Edwards collection. It 

 is perhaps possible that the Floridian form is not the same as that from 

 California; but the differences have seemed unimportant from the ma- 

 terial at command. 



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