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it (lid not represent tlic Liinuran species, loltt, by tlie bye, is recorded 

 as American by Kirby; but probably erroneously. So also w//« Ilbn. 

 is made Canadian by NN'alker. It is a matter of some interest perhaps 

 to ascertain what these authors had before themj but the names need 

 not be repeated here to cumber the list. 



P. sackeui Grt. 



1877. Grt., Cau. Eut.,ix,135, i'/«.s/«. 



1878. Grt., Bull. Geol. Surv., iii, 801, riasia. 



TTaiutat. — Colorado. 



The tyi)e is in the Jiritish Museum. 



p. snoAwi Hy. Edw.* 



1884. Hy. Edw., rapilio, iv, 44, I'lmia. 



Habitat. — New ]Mexico; Colorado, South Part. 

 The tyi)e is in Prof. Snow's collection. 



p. accurata Hy. Edw. 

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



Habitat. — Washington. 



Mr. Neumoegen has the type. It is probably not a Flusia at all. 



P. alterna Strk. 



1885. Strk., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., xxxvii, 178, Plusia. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



The type is in the Strecker collection. 



P. corriisca Strk. 

 1885. Strk., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. I'liil., xxxvii, 178, Plusia. 



Habitat. — Colorado. 



The type is in the Strecker collection. I do not know this or the 



preceding species, and the j^roper placing it is impossible from the 



description. 



P. omicron Linn. 



1823. Afzelius, Life of Linnanis, I'ltalwna. 



1816. Hbn., Verzeicliniss, 251, Autofjrapha. 



1826. Afzelius, Life of Liniiajus, Berhn (trans.), 137, Phalama, 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Het., xii, 906, ? =: j-ercMca. 



1874. Grt., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1874, 208, ? = st»njj/ex. 



Habitat.— Xorth America (? New York.) 



It is perhaps questionable whether this species can ever be identi- 

 fied with certainty. This, however, is a question for a future monog- 

 rapher of the genus and not for the catalogue maker. 



p. iudigua ^Vlk. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mas., Het., xii, 009, Plusia. 



Habitat. — " Georgia." 



The type is in the IJritish Museum. It is a small species, not in the 

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