NO. 6 RICHARDS: NOCTUOID MOTHS 241 



ACONTIINAE 



Heliocontia margana (Fabr.) 



Schaus, Zoologica, 5: 25, 1923. 

 Conway Bay, Indefatigable Island; February 15, 1933; 



J. S. Garth. 2d' 



General distribution: southern United States to Argentina. 



PLUSIINAE 



Autographa oo (Cramer) 



Schaus, Zoologica, 5 : 26, 1923. 

 Charles Island ; 1934 ; H. Wittmer. 1 d 



General distribution: United States to southern Brazil. 



CATOGALINAE 



Melipotis indomita (Wlk;.)^ 



Melipotis nigrescens Williams, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., 



1:319, 1911. 

 Schaus, Zoologica, 5: 27, 1923. 

 Charles Island ; January 1-4, 1932 ; J. S. Garth. 1 cT 1? 



Charles Island, elev. 1300 ft. ; 1939 ; E. A. Conway. 1 c? 



Charles Island ; 1934 ; H. Wittmer. 8? 



General distribution: throughout new world, at least straying gen- 

 erally. 



Melipotis harrisoni Schaus 



Zoologica, 5 : 42-43, pi. 2, fig. 15, 1923. 

 Cartago Bay, Albemarle Island; January 21, 1938; 



J. S. Garth. Id 5? 



Cartago Bay, Albemarle Island; February 14, 1933; 



J. S. Garth. 1 c? 



South Seymour Island ; January 14-18, 1932; J. S. Garth. 1? 



South Seymour Island ; February 18, 1933 ; J. S. Garth. Scf 1? 



James Island ; January 9, 1932 ; J. S. Garth. 1? 



8 Description, photographs, and genitalic drawings given in revision in 

 Entomologica Americana, n. s., vol. 19, no. 1, 1939. Food plant in U.S.: Mesquite 

 (Prosopis glandulosa) . 



