Noctuidae 
Genus STRETCHIA Henry Edwards 
This is an extensive genus, to which a number of Western 
species have been referred. It badly needs revision by a critical 
authority. We figure one of the best known forms. 
(i) Stretchia muricina, Plate XXV, Fig. 5, $ . 
In addition to the figure given on the 
plate we annex a cut made from a drawing 
of a specimen contained in the collection 
of the late Flenry Edwards, and now in 
the possession of the American Museum of p IG . n5._ Stretchia 
Natural History in New York. muricina. 
Genus PERIGONXCA Smith 
This is a small genus, which we represent by a figure of 
the Coloradan insect to which Prof. J. B. Smith has 
applied the specific name fulminans. The male is depicted 
on Plate XXV, Fig. 6. 
Genus PERIGRAPHA Lederer 
The only species of this genus 
found in our fauna has been named 
prima by Professor Smith. It is 
represented by a drawing of the 
type, which is contained in the 
American Museum of Natural History. 
The insect is a native of California. 
Genus TRICHOLITA Grote 
(1) Tricholita signata Walker, Plate XXV, Fig. 7, 
Syn. semiaperta Morrison. 
This is the only species of the genus found in the eastern 
portion ot the United States. There are four other species, 
but they are western in their habitat. 
Genus CLEOSIRIS Boisduval 
This is a small genus found in Europe as well as in 
America. The species which has been chosen to represent 
the genus was named populi by Strecker, who first described 
it. It is not at all uncommon in Colorado and Wyoming. It 
Fig. 116 — Peri graph a 
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