Noctuidae 
generally very noticeable, feeding upon various herbaceous plants* 
It is a promiscuous feeder, and to enumerate all the vege¬ 
tables which it 
attacks would al¬ 
most be to provide 
a list of the plants 
of the United States. 
They manifest, 
however, a decided 
preference, when 
accessible, for the 
cruciferous plants, 
and do much dam¬ 
age in fields of 
cabbages and beets. 
There are two 
broods in the 
Middle States. The 
species does not 
b 
Fig. 107. —Mamestra picta. a. larva; b. moth. 
(After Riley.) 
occur on the Pacific coast, so far as is known to the writer. Its 
range is from the Atlantic to the eastern foothills of the Rocky 
Mountains. 
(17) Mamestra lubens Grote, Plate XXIII, Fig. 28, $ . (The 
Darling Mamestra.) 
A denizen of the northern portions of the United States. 
(18) Mamestra latex Guenee, Plate XXIII, Fig. 40, $ . (The 
Fluid Mamestra.) 
Syn. demissa Walker. 
This insect has the same range as the preceding species. 
(19) Mamestra adjuncta Boisduval, Plate XXIII, Fig. j$8, $. 
(The Hitched Mamestra.) 
This species occurs from southern Canada to the Carolinas 
and westward to Missouri and Minnesota. 
(20) Mamestra rugosa Morrison, Plate XXIV, Fig. 3, $ . 
(The Rugose Mamestra.) 
The habitat of this species is Maine and Nova Scotia. 
(21) Mamestra lilacina Harvey, Plate XXIII, Fig. >9, 
(The Lilacine Mamestra.) 
Svn. illabefacta Morrison. 
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