BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



The following bibliography, prepared largel}^ by Mr. A. A. Girault, 

 includes onl}^ the more important systematic and economic references 

 to the literature of Heliothis obsoleta. References marked by an aster- 

 isk have not been seen. 



1793. Fabricius, J. C— Ent. Syst., 3, i, pp. 456-457. 



Original description under the name Bombyx obsoleta. 

 1796. HtJBNER, J.— Samm. Eur. Schmett., p. 370. 



Description as a new species under the name of Noctua armigera. 

 1810. OcHSENHEiMER, F. — Die Schmetterhnge von Europa, Leipzig, IV, p. 91. 



Heliothis peltigera, var. armiger Hbn. 

 1810. OcHSENHEiMER, F. — Syst. Lep. Europse., Abth. II, ii, p. 292. 



Listed, and placed in the genus Heliothis. 

 *1825. Treitschke, F. — Schmetterhnge von Europa (Fortsetz. F. Ochsenheimer) , 

 V, III, p. 230, n. 6. 

 Lists in the genus Heliothis. 

 1829. Meigen, J. W.— Syst. Beschr. derEurop. Schmett., I, p. 234, Tab. CXX, fig. 15. 

 Description of the adult, with poor colored figure; good note on food-habits 

 and development. 

 1831. Brulle, Aug. — Coup d'ceil sur I'Entomologie de la Moree. Annales Sci. Nat., 

 Zoology, Paris, Series 1, Tome XXIII, p. 265. 

 Mentioned as Noctua armigera, with note on distribution. 

 *1832. BoiSDUVAL, J. A. — Chenilles d' Europe. Heliothides. Coll. icongr., et hist, 

 des chenilles d.Eur., Paris, Heliothides, Tome 2, fig. 3. 

 Larva figured. 

 1833. BoiSDUVAL, J. A. — Faune Entomolog. de Madagascar, Bourbon, et Maurice. 

 Lepidopteres., p. 98. 

 The genus Heliothis; brief synonomy, description, and distribution. 



1840. BoiSDUVAL, J. A. — Genera et Index Methodicus Europseorum Lepidopterorum, 



Paris, pp. 162-163. 

 Lists. 



1841. Guenee, a. — Noctuarum Europae. Index Methodicus. Annales Soc. Ent. 



France, X, p. 247. 

 ^1842. Anon. — Southern Planter, Richmond, Va., II. 



Rotation of corn with cotton advised. Reference could not be found in the 

 volume cited. 

 1843. Edleston, R. S. — Note on the capture of Heliothis armigera near Salford. 

 Zoologist, London, I, p. 260. 

 Addition to British fauna; taken in Sept., 1840. 

 1845. Herrich-Schaeffer, G. A. W. — Heliothis armigera H. Syst. Bearbeitung der 

 Schmett. Eur., II, p. 367. 

 Description of adult, with distribution; larval food. Reseda lutea. 

 1846-1874. White, A., and A. G. Butler.— The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. 

 Erebus and Terror, 1839-1843. Insects, p. 35. 

 Listed, with good synonomy. 



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