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P. brassicse Riloy.* 



1870. Riley, 2fl Kept. Ins. XIo., 110, f. 81, Plima. 



1871. Beth., R(^pt. Knt. Soc. Out., 1871, .51, f. 93, I'lnsla. 

 1871. Pack., in Ilaydeu's 9tli Ropt. Geol. Siirv., 752,/. a, b, c. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 147, ==nL 



1875. Spcyer, Stett. Ent. Zeit., x.vxvi, 165, 350, Plnxia. 



1880. Riley, Amer. Knt.. irr, 200, Pliisia. 



1881. Riley, Index and Siipplt., to Mo. Repts., 77, sp. dist. 

 1881. Riley, Pupilio, i, 106, Plnxia. 



1881. Grt., Pa))ilio, i, 127, =ni. 



1881. Butler, Papilio, i, 170, =u-aurcmn. 



1882. Riley, I'apilio, ir, 43, sp. dist. 



1883. Riley, Rept. U. S. Dept. Agl., 1883, 119, pi. i et xi, life hist. 

 1886. Grt., Can. Eat., xviii, 232, = ni. 



ni t Grt. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Butf. Soc, Xat. Sci., i, 147, Plnxia. 



1880. Lintner, in Colvin's 7th Rept. Surv. Adir., 399, Plusia. 

 echinoeystis Behr. 



1874. Behr, in Strk. Lepidopt., 94, Plusia. 



Habitat. — United States geiierally; Canada. Tlirouohout tlie sea- 

 son. 



Dr. Eiley's types are iii the National Museum. I have not oodi- 

 ])ared tlie European and American species and give the above as 

 the pi-esent status of the literature. Mr. Butler's reference to 

 H-aurenm Gn,, is wild. In the Berliner Museum there is a specimen 

 labeled echinoeystis Behr, received from I>oll, Texas. I am inclined to 

 believe the labeling authentic, and t]>e very bi-ief descri])tion is 

 not contradictory in any way. It lias been referred, doubtfully, to 

 l)(isi})1i(va; but this does not ag-ree with what little is said. The eco- 

 nomic bibliographj' is large. 



P. oxy gramma Geyer.* 



1830. Goyer, Zutra'<?e, f. 769, 770, .tntofjmpha. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., u, 353, Plnxia. 

 1857. Wlk., C. H. Mus., Het., xrr, 908, Plnxia. 



Habitat. — Missouri; Georgia; Southern States; Texas. 



p. scapularis Hy. Edw. 

 1882. Hy. Edw., Papilio, ii, 127, Plnxia. 



Habitat. — Washington. 



Types are in the Edwards and N^eumcegeu collections. 



P. lenzi French. 



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



Habitat. — Siskiyou, California. 



I have not seen this species. I believe Prof. French has the type. 



The species is nominally credited to Dr. P.ehr, MSS.; but the descrip- 

 tion is by Freucli, and he nnist be credited witli the species, since he, 

 not Dr. Behr, characterized it. 



