CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID^ SMITH. 249 



P. formosa Ort.* 



1865. cut., I'roc. Eiit. Soc. I'liil., iv, :5l.':{, Lrptinn. 

 1875. MoiT., Anu. I^yc. Nat. Ifi^t. \. V., xi, !W, I'lusia. 



Habitat. — Maine; Massachusetts iu July; Xew York; New Jersey. 



I have not seen the type. Mr. Grote ineiitions incidentally in the 

 Can. Ent., xxi, 124, that he returned it to 3Ir. Treat after dcscri])tion. 

 What became of it afterward, 1 can not say. The species is well known, 

 liowever, though rare, and can not be mistaken. 



P. thyatiroicles Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 337, pi. 11, f. 8, Plusia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Het.,xii, 905, Flusia. 



ITauitat. — Xew York, August and Sej)tember; Canada j Northern, 

 (Jentral, ajid Middle States. 

 The type is in the British Museum. 



p. mappa G. & R.* 



1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 204, Plusia. 



1869. Bethuue, Can. Ent., i, 87, Flusia. 



Habitat. — Canada in July and August; Northern States; Mount 

 Washington. 



I have not seen the type, nor do I know where it is. 



P. bitnaculata StepL.* 



1832. Steph., 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust., in, 104, Plusia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mils.-, Het., xii, 905, Plusia. 



u-hrevis Gn. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 341, Plusia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mils., Het,, xii, 905, ? pr. syn. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. BufT. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 30,'llr. syn. 

 1874. Grt., Can. Ent., vi, 72, pr. syn. 



protea Cram. 

 1782. Cram., Pap. Ex., iv, 244, pi. 400, f. M, Noctua. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xii, 905, ? pr. syn. 



Habitat. — Canada in July and August, to Middle States; New 

 York; New Jersey. 



The type of Guenee's species is in the British Museum. The refer- 

 ence to Cramer's species may or may not be correct. I have not ex- 

 amined the matter myself, and simply give the Walker citation. Ot 

 course Cramer's name would have priority did it apply to our species. 



P.biloba Steph.* 



1832. Stepli., 111. Brit. Ent., Haust., in, 104, Plusia. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noet., li, 341, pi. 11, f. 10, Plusia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mns., Het., xii. 906, Plusia. 

 1882. French, Papilio, ii, 113, life history. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts to Florida, west through the Mississippi 

 States; Texas; Colorado in September; California in Aiuil ; New York 

 in June and July. 



