Noctuidae 
Syn. spissa Guende; cochram Riley; repentis Grote & Robinson; dis- 
pliciens Walker, etc. 
This wretched little creature, the larva of which is one of our 
most destructive cut-worms, was described seven times by 
Walker under different names. The more inconspicuous, or the 
smaller an insect, the more names it bears. The littlest bugs 
have the biggest names. It is thus also, sometimes, with men. 
(9) Euxoa lutulenta Smith, Plate XXIII, Fig. 13, $ . (The 
Muddy Dart.) 
An inconspicuous species, which ranges from Alberta in the 
north to Colorado in the south, and thence westward to 
California. 
(10) Euxoa dissona Moeschler, Plate XXIII, Fig. 5, $ . (The 
Dissonant Dart.) 
This moth is found in Labrador. 
(11) Euxoa titubatis Smith, Plate XXIII, Fig. 6, $. (The 
Tippling Dart.) 
The distribution of this species is coincident with that of the 
preceding. 
(12) Euxoa insulsa Walker, Plate XXIII, Fig. 3, ?. (The 
Silly Dart.) 
Syn. insignata Walker; expulsa Walker; declarata Walker; decolor 
Morrison; campestris Grote; verticalis Grote: l 
This is another poor creature, which unconsciously has 
suffered much at the hands of the species-makers. It is found 
ail over the United States. 
(13) Euxoa albipennis Grote, Plate XXIII, Fig. 7, $ . (The 
White-winged Dart.) 
Syn. nigripennis Grote. 
A common species in the Atlantic Subregion ranging across 
the valley of the Mississippi into Colorado. 
(14) Euxoa tessellata Harris, Plate XXIII, Fig. 4, $ . (The 
Tessellate Dart.) 
Syn. maizi, Fitch; atropurpurea Grote. 
Universally distributed throughout our region. 
(15) Euxoa basalis Grote, Plate XXIII, Fig. 8, $. (The 
Basal Dart.) 
This species is found in Colorado and Wyoming, and 
probably has a still wider range. 
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