Noctuidse 
Genus FELTIA Walker 
This is a considerable genus, represented by species in the 
northern portions of both hemispheres. 
(i) Feltia subgothica Haworth. (The Subgothic Dart.) 
Of this common species, which is found in the northern 
portions of the United States and also in Canada, and which 
likewise occurs in Europe, 
we give a figure on Plate 
XXII. We also have re¬ 
produced a cut of the 
species taken from Prof. 
C. V. Riley’s First 
Missouri Report. The 
larva is one of the com¬ 
monest cut-worms, found 
more abundantly, how¬ 
ever, in the West than in 
Fig. 105 .—Feltia subgothica. 
Moth with wings expanded; moth with 
wings closed. 
the East. The species has a wide range over the northern 
portions of the United States and through southern Canada. 
(2) Feltia herilis Grote, Plate XXII, Fig. 20, $ . (The 
Master’s Dart.) 
The insect ranges from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains. 
(3) Feltia gladiaria Morrison, Plate XXII, Fig. 19, ? . (The 
Swordsman Dart.) 
Syn. morrisoniana Riley. 
The distribution of this species is the same as that of the 
previous. 
(4) Feltia venerabilis Walker, Plate XXII, Fig. 26, 6 . (The 
Venerable Dart.) 
Widely distributed throughout the United States. 
(5) Feltia vancouverensis Grote, Plate XXII, Fig. 42, $. 
(The Vancouver Dart.) 
Syn. hortulana Morrison; semiclarata Grote; agilis Grote. 
I have given the above name to the specimen figured on the 
Plate as cited upon the authority of Prof. J. B. Smith, who has 
kindly examined the figure. The specimen came from Labrador. 
(6) Feltia volubilis Harvey, Plate XXII, Fig. 23,$. (The 
Voluble Dart.) 
Syn. stigmosa Morrison. 
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