CATALOGUE OF NOCTITD.T: SMITH. 21)1 



(ioniLS AXENUS <;rt. 

 187:5. Git. IJiill. lliiir. Sue. Niit. Sci., i, 1.52. 



A. arvalis (Jit.'' 



1873. (irt., Bull. 15iiff. Hoe. Nat. Sci., i, ir)2. pi. i\, t\ 8, Axenus. 

 1883. SmiHi, Traiis. Am. Kut. S(»c., x, 242, .hriiitx. 



var. ochraceus Hy. Kdw. 

 1875. Hy. Kdw., Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., vi, i:!(i, pr. var. 



var. aiuplus lly. Edw. 

 187"). Ky. Edw., I'loc. Cal. Ac. Sci., vi, I'M, i>r. var. 



Hal'ITAt. — Coloiiulo; Caliloiniii. 



Mr. Giote's type is in the Hiitish Muscmiiu; types of the varieties are 

 ill the Edwards collection. It is questionable whether these names 

 can be retained, as a good s(Hies from any locality shows all the forms, 

 with all intermediate variations. 



Genus HELIACA H. Soli. 

 1853. H. S<li., Schuictt. Eur., ii, 370. 



H. diminutiva Grt.* 



1873. Grt., Bull. Butt'. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 148, Heliolhis. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Burt'. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii,34, MeHcleptria. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, x, 245, Heliaca. 



Habitat. — California; Nevada; Colorado, South Park. 

 Types are in the Te])i)('r collection and in the British Museum. 



H. fasciata lly. Edw. 



1875. Hy. Edw., I'roc. Cal. Ac. Sci., vi, 1.S4, MeHcleptria. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, x, 24H, Heliaca. 



Habitat. — Plover Co., Colorado. 

 The type is in the Edwards collection. 



H. dubitaiis Teiii>cr. 



1883. Tepper, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, x, 24G. Heliaca. 



Habitat. — Nevada. 



The type is in the Tepper collection. 



H. uexilis Morr.* 



1875. Morr., Proc. Ac Nat. Sci. Pliil., 1S75, 102, h'.nliivoins. 



1880. Grt., Bull. Bkln. Ent, Soc, in, 3S, Melirhplria. 

 1883. Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, x, 246, Heliaca. 



elaiorata Hy. Edw. 



1881. Hy. Edw., Papilio, i, 21, MeHcleptria. 



1883. Smith. Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, x, 24(5, pr. sj'U. 



Habitat. — Colorado; California in June. 



Mr. Morrison's type is in the Tepper collection; ^Ir. Edwards's type 

 is in his own collection. 



