CATALOGUE OF NOCTUID.E SMITH. 3 GO 



1852. Gn., Spec. Gen., Noct., iii, lij^edusa, larva. 

 sau.nder>i'n Retli. 



1864. Beth., Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., iv, 215, JJomoptera. 



1865. Beth., C'anadi.in Journal, X, 257, Homoptcra. 



1877. Bean, Can. Ent., ix, 174, pr. syn. 



1878. Lint., Ent. Cont., iv, 109,? pr.syn. 

 vhidans Wlk. 



1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xiii, 1064, fi^omoj>/cm. 



qnadriphuiiata Wlk. 



involuta Wlk. 

 18.57. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xiii, 1055, Homoptera. 

 1865. Bethune, Canadian .Journal, x, 253, Homoptera. 



Habitat. — Canada, May, June, and September; Texas to California, 

 May and June; August to November in northern and eastern range; 

 Texas in March, May, and October; United States generally. 



The Walker types are all in the British Museum and all refer to the 

 edusa form, viridans representing the darker specimens. Walker cites 

 to viridans, H. viridus Gn., m, 13, described from South America, and 

 refers both with a question to lunata Cram. I have not seen Guenee's 

 type, and therefore cite Walker's name onlj^ in the synonyms. I can 

 not find any description of H. quadriplagiata, but there may be such. 



H. nigricans Beth. 



1864. Bethune, Proc. Ent, Soc, Phil., IV, 214, Homoptera. 



1865. Bethune, Canadian Journal, x, 252, Homoptera. 



Habitat. — Canada, August; Middle and Northern States. 

 The type is probably with Dr. Bethune. 



H. rosae Behr. 

 1870. Grt., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iii, 28, Homoptera. 



Habitat. — California. 

 I have not seen the type. 



H. rubi Eclw.* 



1881. Hy. Edw., Papilio, i, 28, Homoptera. 

 Habitat. — California; Arizona. 

 Types are iu the Edwards collection. 



H. minerea Gn.* 



1852. Gn., Spec Gen., Noct., iii, 15, pi. 18, f. 6, Homoptera, 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xili, 1054, Homoptera. 

 1865. Bethune, Canadian Journal, x, 254, Homoptera. 



ohliquaX Wlk. 

 1857. Wlk., C. B. Mus., Het., xiir, 1054, Homoptera. 

 1868. Grt. &, Rob., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii, 79, pr. syn. 



Habitat. — Canada; North America in May and June; Middle, Cen- 

 tral, and Southern States. 



I have not seen the type which is in the Oberthur collection ; but the 

 ligure is unmistakable. The specimen named minerea in the British 

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