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Genus ALETIA JIhii. 

 1816. Ilbn., Vcrzeichiiiss, 230. 



A. aigillacea Ilbii.* 



1820. Ilbn., Zutraego, ff. 399, 400, Aletia. 



1856. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., ix, 79, Mi/tJiimiia. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff'. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 122, 170, Alrlia. 



1879. Comstock, Cotton Insects, i, 281, pi. 1, Alclia. 



1880. Grt., Can. Eut., xii, 117, Aletia. 

 1892. Butler, Eutomologist, xxv, 13, Aletia. 



xylina Say. 

 1828. Say, Southern Agriculturist, i, 203, Noctna. 

 1859. Say, American Ent., Lee. ed., i, 370, Noctna, 

 1864. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., m, 541, Anonm. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 170, pr. syu. 



1880. Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 117, pr. syn. 



1881. Kilcy, Papilio, i, 107, an sp. dist. 



1885. Riley, 4th Kept. Ent. Comm., pp. 1-344, pi., Aletia. 



grandipuncta Gn. 

 1852, Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ir, 400, Anomis. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xiii, 989, Anomis. 

 1868. Bethune, Can. Ent., i, 87, Anomiv. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 24, pr. syn. 

 hipunctina Gn. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 400, Anomis. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xiu, 980, Anomis. 

 1864. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iii, 541, = xylina. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff". Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 170, pr. syn. 



Habitat: Canada occasional, south to Central Southern and Gulf 

 States; Central and South America. 



I have seen none of the types. Bijpunctina Avas described from a 

 ligure by Abbot and has no type; (jrandlpuncta was described from 

 specimens in the Saunders & Guenee collections. The types are, there- 

 fore, probably one of them at Oxford, the others at Reiines with M. 

 Oberthiir. The bibliography given is a mere outline. In Comstock's 

 Cotton Eeport of 1879 and in the 4th Eept. of the United States En- 

 tomological Commission a full bibliography covering several pages is 

 given. In these publications all possible information concerning the 

 species will be found. Concerning the synonymy adopted, a few words 

 may be necessary. Prof. Comstock accepted Mr, Grote's dictum on 

 authority, while suggesting that it was not beyond doubt. Dr. Riley 

 does not accept Mr. Grote's identification at all, and goes at some length 

 into the reasons for declining to do so. Unfortunately, Avith a large 

 material at command, he yet failed to find a species to which he was 

 willing to sipply HiiVmer's figure positively. Mr, Butler says, " I can 

 not admit this identification of <nv//7/«rm," referring to its union with 

 xylina Say. He refers to argillacca, ill if (t Gn,, conductaWlk., and Jiosfia 

 lliirv. Hostia and condiicfa are synonymous from my own ex:iniin:itiou 

 of tlie types. 0( illitd I am not ccrtnin; but I feel very firmly con- 

 vinced that Hiibner did not have this form before him to be figured. 



