214 BULLETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



A. inusta Gii. * 



1852. Gu., Spec. Gen,) Noct., ii, 12, Aieihmia. 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., x, 491, Ateihmia. 



Habitat. — Texas; Florida. 



Both the above si^ecies are South American and are scarcely dis- 

 tinct. I have received them lor identihcation on several occasions and 

 have seen them in collections both from Texas and Florida. 1 have no 

 references to theSoutliAnierican literature, and in our own tlie species 

 have not been heretofore referred to. 



A. rectifascia Git.** 



1874. Grt., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvi, 242, Sehinia. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, x, 247. Sclthiia. 

 1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xxr, 166, Trilenca. 



Habitat. — New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Alabama; Illinois. 



Specimens froiu tlie Grote collection, apparently not tyi)es, are in 

 the British Museum. The species is larger thnii, but fully congeneric 

 with, the preceding. 



A. canescens Behr. 



1885. Behr, Bull. C'al. Ac Sci., iii, til, Aieihmia. 



Habitat. — Cal i torn ia. 



It is almost certain that under this name Ur. Behr redescribes 

 Cahimnia orina Gn., and its variety calami Harv. I have not seen 

 Californian specimens, however, and therefore cite the sx^ecies as 

 described. 



Genus CEA Grt. 

 1883. Grt., Papilio, in, 78. 



C. ininiaculata Grt. 



1883. Grt., Papilio, in, 78, Cea. 



1883. Grt., Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xxi, 171, Cea. 



Habitat. — Arizona. 



The type is in Mr. Keumfegen's collection. 



Genus COSMIA Ochs. 

 1816. Ochs., Schnu;tt. P^ur., iv, 84. 



C. paleacea Esp.* 



1788. Esper, Schmetterliuge, pi. 122, f. 504, Nocfna. 



1857. Lederer, Schmett. Eur.. 143, Coxmia. 

 discolor Wlk. 



1859. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xv, 1658, Miitkimna. 



1882. Grt., 111. Essay, il,=iufimata. 

 infiimafa Grt. 



1874. Grt., Bull. I'.uff. Soc Nat. Sci., ii, KiO, Orthosia. 

 1877. Grt., Can. Eut., ix, 22, Cosmia. 



1883. Grt., Proc Am. I'liil. Soc, xxi, 160, ? pr. syn. 



Habitat. — United States gener;ill.\ ; Canada and ISTorthern and 

 l^jasteru States in August and September. 



