CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 31 



Family NOCTUID^. 



Genus PANTHEA Ilbu. 

 ISK). Hiil)Ui'r, N't'izoichiii.ss, 203. 



I use this term to YQ\)h\(ni AiKlela, l*latycemra, and in jjait Charadra 

 as used by Mr. (Irote. The species are structurally identical with the 

 European ea'uobita, and one species — ncronyctoidcs — has also practically 

 the same type of markings. 



P. acroiiyctoides Wlk. 



1861. \Ylk., Cau. Nat. and Gcol., vi., ?>1, AhiIcIu. 



1877. Grt., Cau. Ent., i.\, 27, Audela. 



1878. C}rt., Bull. Geol. 8urv., iv, 169, Audela. 

 1891. Smith, List Ijcpitloptcra, 34. I'ltnlliat. 



cucomelana Mow. 

 1875. Morr., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1875, 128, r(n}thia. 

 1878. Grt., Bull. Geoi. Surv., iv, 160, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — Canada; liiver Ilouge in June; Maine; Massachusetts; 

 New York; Wisconsin. 



Mr. Morrison's type is in the Tei)per collection; Mr. Walker's is in 

 the collection of the Entomological Society of Ontario, fide Grote. The 

 references were made by Mr. Grote after seeing both types. 



p. fuicilla Pack. 



1864. Pack., Proc. Eut. Soc, Phil., in, 374, J'lali/cerura. 



1873. Stretch, Zyg. & Pomb., 230, pi. 9, f. 15, riatj/arrtira. 



1874. Lint., Ent., Cout., hi, 131 1". 7, larva. 



1881. Grt., Bull. Gcol. Surv.. vi, 258. 277. I'Udiiccrnra. 



1883. Thaxter, Papilio, iii, 11, larva. 



1891. Smith, Li.st Lepido])tera. 3:, J'aiillKd. 



Habitat. — Canada; Eastern and Middle States; Mhmesota; New 

 York in June. 



The type of this species is in tlic ^hiscniii (»f C()mi)arativc Zoology at 

 Cambridge. 



p. gigantea I'rcnch. 



1890. French, Can. Ent., xxii, 134, Plutyvcrnra. 



1891. Smith, List Lc])i(loptera, 34, I'diithra. 



Habitat. — Colorado, Texas. 



Prof. French has his own type. I had seen S])eciinejs in the Ed- 

 wards collection. l)iit liad considered them local forms o^ fur cilia. 



P. palata Grt. 



1880. (irt., Can. Eut., xii, 258, Charadra. 



1881. Grt., Papilio, i, 1.53, Charadra. 



1891. Smith, List Lcpidoptcva. 31. l',nilhm. 



IlAlUTAT. — Colorado; Arizona, 



The type is in tiie British Museum. Mr. Butler has it under Platy- 

 eerura. 



