Noctuidae 
Genus BELLURA Walker 
We cause this genus to be represented by a figure of the 
species named gortynides by 
Walker. Synonyms are densa 
Walker, vulnifica Grote, mela- 
nopyga Grote. The insect is 
peculiar to the Atlantic States, 
so far as is known. The cut 
was drawn from a specimen 
in the American Museum of 
Natural History in New York. 
Fig. i i 9. —‘Bellura gortynides. $. -f. 
Genus SPHIDA Grote 
(1) Sphida obliqua Walker, Plate XXV, Fig. 36, 2 . 
Syn. obliquata Grote & Robinson. 
The range of this moth is from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. 
The specimen figured was taken by the ( writer at light in 
Minneapolis. It feeds in the stems of Typha latifolia. 
Genus NONAGRIA Ochsenheimer 
A rather small genus of obscurely colored moths, the larvae 
of which burrow in the stems of aquatic plants, below the water¬ 
line. The genus is represented in both hemispheres. Six species 
belong to our fauna. 
(1) Nonagria oblonga Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 33, $ . (The 
Large Nonagria.) v 
Syn. permagna Grote. 
This is a Southern species, thus far only recorded as found in 
Florida. 
(2) Nonagria subflava Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 34, ? . (The 
Yellowish Nonagria.) 
The insect ranges from Maine to Illinois, where it is found in 
the vicinity of lakes and pools of water in which rushes grow. 
Genus OMMATOSTOLA Grote 
(1) Ommatostolalintneri Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 35 $ . 
Thus far this species has only been recorded from New York 
and New Jersey. 
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