Noctuidse 
occurs abundantly about the city of Laramie. It is represented 
upon Plate XXV, Fig. 8, by a female specimen. 
Genus PLEROMA Smith 
(i) Pleroma obliquata Smith, Plate XXV, Fig. n, $. 
The species of this genus are all found in the western half of our 
territory. 
Genus LITHOMOIA Hiibner 
(i) Lithomoia germana Morrison, Plate XXV, Fig. 12, $ . 
This is not at all an uncommon species in the northern Atlantic 
States. 
Genus XYLINA Ochsenheimer 
An extensive genus found both in the New World and 
the Old. Thirty-five species are attributed to it as found in 
our fauna. Of this number ten are depicted in this book. 
(1) Xylina disposita Morrison, Plate XXV, Fig. 13, $ . (The 
Green-gray Pinion.) 
The moth is found in the northern Atlantic States. 
(2) Xylina petulca Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 9, ? . (The 
Wanton Pinion.) 
Not a common species, having the same range as the preceding. 
(3) Xylina antennata Walker. (The Ashen Pinion.) 
Syn. cinerea Riley. 
The moth is a native of the Atlantic States. The larva feeds 
upon the apple, poplar, hickory, and other deciduous trees. It 
has the habit of 
boring into apples 
and peaches, and 
the galls which are 
found upon oaks. 
The caterpillar is 
green, marked with 
a cream-colored lat¬ 
eral stripe, and 
spots of the same 
color. It pupates 
beneath the soil in 
a loose, filmy cocoon of silk, to which the particles of earth are 
adherent. Pupation takes place at the end of June, or the 
206 
