CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 139 



X-ciiculliformis Grt. 

 1875. Grt., Check List Noct., 21, lladena. 



Habitat. — Califoriii.a. 



The type is in the British Museum. 



X. verbascoides Gii.* 



1852. Gn., S]i0P. Gon.,Noot., i, 14L Xiilophatiia. 

 1S5U. Wlk., C. 15. Miis., Het., ix, 177, Xijlqihamx. 

 1873. Grt., ]}iilL Hiitf. Soo. Nat. Sci., r, 109, llmhna. 



ITaiutat.— Mi(Ulle, Eastern, and Central States, June and July. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



X. nigrior Smith. 



1890. Smith. Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., xiii, 137. Xylophasia. 

 Habitat. — Elaine. 

 The type is with Dr. Thaxter. 



X. caiiosa Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 141, Xylophai^ia. 

 18,56. Wlk., C. B. Mils., Ilet., ix, 178, Xi/lophafiia. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Bull". Soc. Nut. Sci., i, 109, Hadena. 



1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vi, 15, Uadvna. 

 idoiiea Grt. 



1882. Grt., Can. Ent., x^v, 18, Hadena. 



18i>0. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat.Mus., xiii, 138, Xylapliasia. 



Habitat. — Maine to Texas; Wisconsin; Arizona; ;N"orthorn States, 

 .lune and July. 



The types of both names are iu the British JMuseum, and are un- 

 doubtedly the same species, much to my surprise. The cariosa tj'pe is 

 a dark form of what T luive always labeled with the same name; but 

 the cariosa of the Grote collection is what I have supposed was idonca. 

 I am the more surprised at this as my original knowledge of Guen«§e's 

 species was based upon specimens labeled by iVfi-. (irote. I liad sup- 

 posed idonca to be the western representative of cariosa. I iind now 

 that there are probably two species covering the same range. Mr. 

 Grote seems to have realized the same fact; but in separating them he 

 unfortunatel}'^ selected as type exactly the same form described by 

 Guenee. The matter needs further study. I had no males of '•Jidonea^^ 

 before me when I wrote, and therefore can not be sure that the charac- 

 ters given by me authorize a new specific name. 



X. vulgaris G. & R.* 



ISGCk G. & 11.. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vi, 19, pi. 3. f. 2, Xi/hy:,c:'^. 



1873. Grt., Hull. BiilL Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 110, Hadena. 



1874. Grt.. ()th Kept. Peab. Ac. Sci., 32,= Xt/Iina socia. 



Habitat. — Middle and Eastern States; District of Columbia, May, 

 June, and July. 

 A specimen marked "type," by Mr. Grote, is in the British Museum. 



