248 BULI.ETIN 44, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



P. balliica Ccyer.* 



1835. Geycr, Zutriigo, fit". 681, 682, By avhrysia. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., u, 334, PJima. 

 1857, Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xii, 904, riuaia. 



1873. Saund., Can. Ent., v, 11, larva. 



1874. Lintuer, Ent. Cont., iii, 163, larva. 

 1881. Grt., Can. Eut.. xiii, 91, I'lusia. 



Habitat. — Nova Scotia; Canada in June andJuly; l!>]"ortlieru,East 

 eiu and Middle States in July and August. 



P. metallica Grt.* 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 311, Phma. 

 hractcaX Grt. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 72, riusia. 



1875. Grt., Can. Ent., vii, 46, Plmia. 



1875. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci,, ii, 311, pr. syu. 



Habitat. — California, Mendocino in June. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



p. arizona French. 

 1889. French, Can. Ent., xxi, 161, rimia. 



Habitat. — Arizona. 



Tlie type is in Prof. French's collection. If it is as" close an nlly of 

 P. hoicdrdi Edw., as Pi'of. French suggests, it is not a I'lusia at all, 

 but a Basilodcs. I have not seen it. 



p. contexta Grt,* 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 193, Pliisia. 

 1875. Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvi, 161, I'hinia. 

 1883. Thaxter, Papilio, iii, 18, larva on grass. 



Habitat. — Maine; New York; Eastern and Middle States, June, 



July, August. A type is in the British Museum; another in Dr. Lint 



uer's collection. 



p. putnami Grt.* 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 146 et. 192, pi. 4, f. 2, PJusm. 

 1875. Speyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxxvi, 162, Plmia. 



Habitat. — Northern, Eastern, and Middle States; Canada; June 

 and July; Colorado; Virginia; Portland, Oregon, May and June. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



P. venusta Wlk. 



1865. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xxxiii, 836, I'lusia. 



Htriatclla Grt. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 194, Plusia. 



Habitat. — Canada; Maine; New York; Distiict of Columbia. 



The type of Walker's species is in the British Museum, as is also a 

 si>ecimen of .s/>'w/ieZ/a — not the type — from the Grote collection. The 

 two refer to the same species. 



