CATALOGUE OF XOCTUID.E — SMITH. 231 



X. patefacta Wlk, 



1858. Wlk., C. B. JIiis., Hct., xiv, 1733, Xylina. 

 Haeitat. — Ciiiiiida. 

 The type is at Oxford, in the Saunders collection.t 



Genus NYSTALEA Gn. 

 1852. Gu., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 122. 



N. Indiana Grt. 



1884. Grt., Papilio, iv, 7, Nystalea. 



1891. Smith, l.,ist Lepidopteva, 50, an Bonibijcia ? 



Habitat. — Indian Eiver, Florida. 



The type is in ]\Ir. Neumce gen's collection. I have seen it and be- 

 lieve it a Bomhycia, but have not had an opportunity of studying the 

 specimen. It is certainly not a Nystalea, of which I saw several sx^ecies 

 in the Lerliuei' Museum. 



Genus MORRISONIA Grt. 

 1871. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soe. Nat. Sci., ii, 53. 



The genera Morrisonia and Xylomiges have been monographically 

 treated by me in the Proc.U. S. National Museum for 1891*, vol. xv, 

 pp. 04:-8G. All the species are there described; but specific reference 

 to this paper is here made only when necessary to accredit a species or 

 authenticate a generic change. 



M. mucens Ilbu.* 



1816. Ilbu., Verzeichniss, 213, Sepiis. 



1825. Hbn., Zutrajge, iii, 25, f. 415, 416, Septis. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., i, 142, Xylophasia. 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 177, Xylophasia. 

 1861. H.Sch., Corr. Blatt, ii, 74, Xylomiges. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 110, Hadena. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 28, Xylomiyes. 



1879. Grt., Can. Ent., xi, 206, Mumesira. 



1880. Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 117, Mamestra. 



1892. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xv, 79, Morrisonia. 

 spoil at a Wlk. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xi, 759, Xylina. 



Habitat. — Middle, Southern, and Central States; Texas, March 10 

 to April 2 ; Missouri, March 25 to April 19. 



The type of spoliata is in the British Museum and is this common 

 Southern species. The locality given was "East Florida." 



M. rileyana Smith.* 

 1890. Smith, Ent. Anier., vi, 212, Morrisonia. 

 Habitat. — Missouri in April ; Texas in March. 

 The type is in the National Museum. 



t Mr. Schaus has sent me a figure which proves the species a good one, allied to 

 innominata m., (signosat Grt.). I have a specimen from Canada. 



