Noctuidse 
Genus FAGITANA Walker 
Two species, which were formerly attributed to the genus 
Pseudolimacodes Grote, occur in the United States. We figure 
both of them. 
(1) Fagitana obliqua Smith, Plate XXVI, Fig. 27, $. 
The habitat of this species is Florida. 
(2) Fagitana littera Guenee, Plate XXVI, Fig. 28, $ . 
Syn. lucidata Walker; niveicostatus Grote. 
This is a rare insect, which occurs in the Atlantic States. 
Genus COSMIA Ochsenheimer 
(1) Cosmia paleacea Esper, Plate XXVI, Fig. 32, $. (The 
Angle-striped Sallow.) 
Syn. discolor Walker; infumata Grote. 
This insect is found all over northern Europe and the United 
States. 
Genus ORTHOSIA Ochsenheimer 
The genus is well represented both in the New World and 
the Old. Of the fifteen species reckoned as belonging to our 
fauna two are selected for illustration. 
(1) Orthosia bicolorago Guenee, Plate XXVI, Fig. 29, $ . 
An eastern species, which is not uncommon. 
(2) Orthosia helva Grote, Plate XXVI, Fig. 30, $ . 
A very common species in the Atlantic States, ranging west¬ 
ward as far as Colorado. 
Genus PARASTICHTIS Hiibner 
(1) Parastichtis discivaria Walker, Plate XXVI, Fig. 31, $ . 
Syn. gentilis Grote. 
Found throughout the northern Atlantic States. 
Genus SCOPELOSOMA Curtis 
This genus represented in Europe by a single species is 
represented in the United States and Canada by half a score of 
species. They appear upon the wing very early in the spring, 
when the nights are still cool and even frosty. This fact is the 
reason why they are for the most part not well represented in 
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