CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.T: SMITH. 301 



A. delecta Wlk.* 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mns., Hct., xii, 799, Aconila. 



1868. (t. & R., Trans. Amer. Eiit. Soc, ii, 78, TarncJie. 



1874. Morr., Proc. I?ost. Soc. N. II., xvii,.212, Tarachc. 



1888. Weeks, Eiit. Amer., iv, 46, larv.a. 



1892. Beut., Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 68, larva. 



metaUica Grt. 

 1865. Grt., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., iv, 327, pi. ii, f. 7, Acontia. 

 1868. G. & R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 78, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — New Jersey, southward to Florida and Texas (in May). 



Walker's type is in the British Museum ; that of Mr. Grote's is in 

 the Collection of the American l^'iitomoloojcal Society. This species is 

 readily known by its large size and color rescinblancc to Eudryas. 



A. terminimaculata Grt.* 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 153, Taniche. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 162, Tarache. 



Habitat. — New York; Massachusetts; Illinois in August. 

 The type is with Dr. Lintner. 



A. ardoris Ilbn. 



1823. Hbn., Zutnege znr Samml. Ex. Scliniett., in, 34, f. .551, 552, Tarache. 

 18.52. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 219, Acontia. 

 18.57. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xii, 758, Acontia. 



1880. Grt., Can. Ent., xii, 118, Tarache, ? an American. 



Habitat. — " Georgia." ? 



In tlie Museum at Paris is a sx)ecimen from South America, identi- 

 fied by Guenee. The species has the maculation of eandefacfa, but is 

 darker in color and narrower winged. I do not remember any similar 

 specimens in American collections. 



Genus CHAMYRIS Gn. 

 1852. Gn., Spo<-. Gen.. Noct., ii, 225. 



C. cerintha Tr.* 



1825. Tr., Schmett. Enr., v, 240, Acontia. 



1829. Bdv., Iml. Meth., 165, Acontia. 



1845. H. Sch., Schmett. Enr., n, pi. S6, f. 446. Acontia. 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., ii, 225, Channiris. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xii, 803, Chamiiris. 



1874. Lint., Ent. Cont., ni, 163, Chami/ris. 



1881. Coquillett, Papilio, I, .56. larva on ajiple. 



1892. Ed-w. & Elliott, Bull. Am. Mns. N. H. , iv, 78. larv.a. 



Habitat. — Canada; Eastern, Middle, Southern, and Central States; 

 New York in iVIay aud July; Canada in June; Massachusetts in June 

 and July ; Kansas in May. 



Erroneously described by Treitschke as a European species. 



