Noctuidae 
(8) Heliophila commoides Guenee, Plate XXIV, Fig. 42, $ . 
(The Comma Wainscot.) 
The insect occurs from the Atlantic westward as far as 
Colorado. It is not very common. 
Genus NELEUCANIA Smith 
(The Two-colored 
This is a small genus composed of species, which are, so far 
as is known, exclusively Western. 
(1) Neleucania bicolorata Grote. 
Neleucania.) 
Of this species, which occurs in 
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 
and probably has a still wider distribu¬ 
tion, we are able to give a figure based 
upon a specimen contained in the United p IG> II4> _ Neleucania 
States National Museum. bicolorata . $ m f. 
Genus ZOSTEROPODA Grote 
Only one species of this genus is known at present. 
(1) Zosteropoda hirtipes Grote, Plate XXIV, Fig. 46, $ . 
The insect occurs in California. 
Genus ORTHODES Guenee 
Of the ten species reputed to belong to the genus and said to 
be found in our territory four are figured. 
(1) Orthodes crenulata Butler, Plate XXIV, Fig. 37, $ . 
(The Rustic Quaker.) 
An exceedingly common species in the Atlantic States, rang¬ 
ing westward throughout the valley of the Mississippi. 
(2) Orthodes cynica Guenee, Plate XXIV, Fig. 38, $ . (The 
Cynical Quaker.) 
Syn. candens Guenee; tecta Walker. 
Quite as common as the preceding species, and having the 
same range. 
(3) Orthodes vecors Guenee, Plate XIX, Fig. 20, $ . (The 
Small Brown Quaker.) 
Syn. enervis Guenee; nimia Guenee; togata Walker; velata Walker; 
prodeuns Walker; griseocincta Harvey; nitens Grote. 
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