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CATALOGUE OP NOCTUID^ SMITH. 2G9 



1885. Gnndlaoh, Cont. Ent. Cub., 310, AsjiHa. 



1885. Kiley, 4tb Kept. Ent. Coium., 3.51, pi. LXii, 1, Anpila. 



rhexia S. & A. 

 1792. S, & A., Ins. Ga., ii, 199, pi. 100, Plialwna. 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 17.5, Jspila. 

 185?! Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xi, 696, (JhlorUha. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 33, ChlorUlca. 

 1882. Smith, Trans. Am. P2iit. Soc, x, 220, ChlorUlca. 

 1885. Gundlach, Cont. Ent. Cub., 310, pr. syn. 

 1885. Riley, 4tli Rept. Ent. Comm., 351, pr. syn. 



spectanda Strk. 



1875. Strk., Lep. Rhop. et Het., 122, Heliothis. 

 1879. Grt., Can. Ent., xi, 29, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — Canada in October; Middle, Soutliern, and Central States 

 west to Colorado; Kansas in August; California in September and 

 October. 



Gundlach makes it rhexia $ , virescens 9 , wliile Riley unites the two 

 on the study of long series of material. I have no doubt they are 

 correct, though Gueuee points out what seem to him good characters 

 and gives the Fabrician si)ecies a South American habitat only. 



C. subflexa Gu. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ir, 175, Aspila. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xi, 678, Chloridea. 

 1882. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, x, 250, Aspila. 



Habitat. — North Amerie:i. 



The type is probably witli M. Oberthiir at Reniics. I am not aware 

 tliat the species has been identified in American collections and I have 

 seen nothing quite agreeing with the description. 



Genus HELIOCHEILUS Grt. 

 1865. Grt., I'roc. i:nt. Soc. Thil., iv, 328. 



H. paradoxus Grt. * 



1865. Grt., Proc Eut. Soc. Phil., iv, 329, pi. in, f. 4 and 6, HdiocheiJua. 

 1873. (irt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 123, Hdhrhcilus. 

 1882. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, x, 220, Heliothis. 



Habitat. — Southern and Ceutral States; Texas, in March ; Colorado. 

 I have not seen the type, which should be in the Philadelphia collec- 

 tion. 



H. albidentina Wlk. 



1865. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xxxii, 680, Fcrifiea. 



1890. Butler, Entomologist, xxiv, 265,^=Anth(jccia inflata. 



Habitat. — Florida. 



The type is in the British Museum. Compared with paradoxus, it is 

 darker throughout, the markings more obvious, s. t. space blacki.sh, 

 with the t. p. line white, denticulate in oue specimen ouly. Anterior 

 tibia with one inner and one outer spine or claw. A curious form, ap- 

 parently distinct from the South American species. The foregoing is 



