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POLIA SERENA Schiff, 



1776, Schiff., Wien. Verz., p. 84. Nochia. 



1905, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, 170, Polia (....). 



repentina Morr. 



1875, Morr., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XVIII, 118, Mamestra. 

 1875, Grt., Check List Noct., p. 8, No. 246, unident., Mamestra. 



1881, Grt.. Can. Ent., XIII, 130, ignot., Mamestra. 



1882, B'klyn Ent. Soc, Check List Macro-Lepid., p. 27, No. 1576, Mamestra. 

 1882, Grt., New Check List N. A. Moths, p. 27, No. 384, Mamestra. 



1890, Grt., Rev. Check List Noct., p. 13, No. 389, Mamestra. 



1891, Sm., Proc. U. S. N. M., XIV, 242, (exotic?), Mamestra. 

 1891, Sm., List Lepid., p. 41, No. 1920, Mamestra. 



1893, Sm., Bull. U .S. N. M., XLIV, 123, (exotic?), Mamestra. 



1900. Sm., 1899, Ins. N. J., p. 412, Mamestra. 



1903, Dyar, Bull. U. S. N. M., LII, 153, No. 1818, Mamestra. 



1903, Sm., Check List, p. Z7, No. 2026, Mamestra. 



1905, Hamp., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., V, ZZ, ignot., fScotogramma. 



1910, Sm., 1909, Ins. N. J., p. 457, Mamestra. 



1917, B. & McD., Check List, p. 49, No. 1623, Scotogramma. 



The type is, almost undoubtedly, a specimen labeled Mamestra 

 repentina Morr., in the Julius E. Meyer Collection purchased by the 

 Tring Museum from the Kny-Scheerer Company. 



Dr. Karl Jordan has been kind enough to examine the specimen, 

 reports in one letter that it is the "common European Polia serena" , 

 and states in another letter, "I am sending a specimen of Polia serena 

 which agrees fairly closely with the type of repentina. In the Meyer 

 Collection there is a 5 labeled Mamestra serena Europa; this speci- 

 men evidently came from the same source as the type of repentina, 

 the coloring and style of setting being the same. They are, probably, 

 Austrian specimens, like the one I am sending. We have a few single 

 specimens from various places in the Alps which agree more or less 

 with repentina." 



Heliophobus Bdv. 



Type H. saponaricc Esp. 



1829, Bdv., Ind. Method., I, 69, lists saponarice (typica Hbn., calcatrippce), 



popularis (lolii, gramiiris), leucophcea (fulminea, vestigiatis) , var. 



hirta Hbn. nee Dup., licheiiea, argillaceago, fneurodes. 

 1829, Dup., Hist. Nat. Lep., VII, (2), 71, type designated saponarice. 

 1840, West., Gen. Syn., p. 95, type designated popularis. 

 1852, Gn., Spec. Gen., V, Noct. I, 168 ; p. 170 type designated popularis. 



