Noctuidae 
This is another small creature, which has caused the species- 
makers much exercise. It is found very generally throughout 
the Atlantic States. 
(4) Orthodes puerilis Grote, Plate XXIV, Fig. 45, $ . (The 
Boyish Quaker.) 
This insect is found in northern California. 
Genus HIMELLA Grote 
(1) Himella contrahens Walker, Plate XXIV, Fig. 44, ? . 
Syn. thecata Morrison. 
This insect is found from the northern Atlantic States south¬ 
ward and westward to New Mexico and Colorado. 
Genus CROCIGRAPHA Grote 
(1) Crocigrapha normani Grote, Plate XXIV, Fig. 43, $ . 
Not an uncommon insect in the northern portions of the 
Atlantic Subregion. 
Genus GRAPHIPHORA Hiibner 
This is an extensive genus, represented in both hemispheres, 
and containing thirty-six species, which occur within our ter¬ 
ritory. We illustrate four of them. 
(1) Graphiphora culea Guenee, Plate XXV Fig. 1, $ . 
Syn. modified Morrison. 
This species is quite common in the Appalachian or Atlantic 
Subregion. 
(2) Graphiphora oviduca Guenee, Plate XXV, Fig. 2, $ . 
Syn. capsella Grote; orobia Harvey. 
The insect has the same range as the preceding species, and 
is equally common. 
(3) Graphiphora alia Guenee, Plate XXV, Fig. 3, ? . 
Syn. instabilis Fitch; insciens Walker; hibisci Guenee; confluens 
Morrison. 
Not a scarce species in the Atlantic Subregion. 
(4) Graphiphora garmani Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 5, $ . 
A rather scarce insect ranging from western Pennsylvania 
throughout the valley of the Mississippi as far as Illinois and 
Iowa. 
