CATAl.OGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 317 



1858. Wlk., C. B. Miis., Mot., xiv, 1 ir.t;, Dntxlcria. 



IBWt. Saiiiul., Can. Knt., i, 4, larva. 



1875. Saund., Cau. Ent., vii, 116, larva. 



1875. Hy. Edw., Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., vil, 23, egg. 



1882. Pack., Papilio, ii, 147, Drasteria. 



1884. French, Papilio, iv, 149, life history. 



1885. Kiley, 4th Kept. U. S. Ent. Comni., 352, pi, (52, f. 5, r.ll sta-cs. 

 sobria Wlk. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., llet., xii, 835, Min-oplnjsa. 

 1«68. G. «fe R., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 79, Dra-strna. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 389, pr. syu. 



narrata Wlk. 



1858. Wlk., C. B. Mus.. Ilct., xiv, 1474, I'oaphila. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 38, pr. syu. 



patihiliH Wlk. 

 1858. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Ilet., xiv, 1471, I'oaphUa. 



agricola G. & R. 

 1868. G. & R., Traus. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 189, pi. iv, f. 34, Diasleria. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 38, pr. syu. 



9 minidiila G. & R. 

 1868. G. & R., Traus. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 191, pi. iv, f. 35, Drnsicria. 



1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 155, Drasferia. 



1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., n, 38, pr. syu. 



Habitat. — Eastern United States to Colorado; New Mexico; Uritish 

 Columbia; Canada. Found at almost all times fioin April to October. 



D. craasiuscula Haw.* 



1810. Haw., Lop. Britt., 259, Phijtometra. 

 1829. Steph., 111. Brit. Ent., Haust., iii, 126,U>i)liiitna. 

 1833. Wood, Index Ent., pi. 17, f. 436, Ophiusa. 

 1858. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Met., xiv, 1456,= erechlca. 

 1874. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., ii, 199, = f/rc/( /c o. 



erichto Gn, 

 1852. Gn., Spec. Gen.,Noct., iii, 290, Drastrria. 

 1858, Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xiv, 1457, Draaicria. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nnt. Sci., i, 154; an var. arcJitca. 



var. ochrea Grt. 

 1873. Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., i, 155, an var. ercchtea. 



var. distincta Neum. 



1883. Neum., Papilio, iii, 143, Drasteria. 



HABITAT. — With the preceding. 



The synonomy given above is the result of a rery clever study of the 

 genus by Mr. M. V. Slingeiiand, who demonstrated that the two species 

 were usually confused in collections, and idejitilied all the names with 

 the i>roper species. Walker's types are in the British Museum, and all 

 his specimens are, I believe, of the erccJitca form. F. avqjlis.simn Wlk., 

 which had also been referred here is really ParaUclia histriaris; on the 

 other hand FoaphUa imtibUis Wlk., undoubtedly belongs here. Fha- 

 Jcvna S2>adix Cram., has been referred by Mr. Cirote as the female of 

 irechtea, and Walker made the figure the type and only species of his 

 genus ClssHsa, without ever having seen an exami)le. Mr. Slingerland 

 called my attention to the fact that the figure could scarcely be meant 



