Noctuidae 
Genus PIPPONA Harvey 
The only species hitherto referred to this 
genus is found in Texas. We give in the cut, 
which is herewith presented, a figure of a speci¬ 
men which is contained in the American 
Museum of Natural History, and which was care¬ 
fully drawn for this book by Mrs. Beutenmuller. Fig. 12?.-Ptppo* 
It was named bimatris by Dr. Harvey. na bimatris,. £ f. 
Genus BE 3 SULA Grote 
Through the kindness of the authorities of the British Museum 
and Sir George F. Hampson I am able to give herewith a figure 
of the type of the genus and species, which is preserved in the 
Grote Collection. The moth occurs in New Mexico and Colorado. 
Genus OXYCNEMIS Grote 
This genus is composed wholly of species which are found 
in the southwestern portions of our ter¬ 
ritory. Of one of these, found in 
California, to which Smith has applied 
the specific name fusimacula, we are 
permitted to give a figure taken from a 
specimen preserved in the American 
Museum of Natural History. It was drawn by Mrs. Beutenmuller. 
Fig. 129. —Oxycnemis 
fusimacula. $ . 
Genus NYCTEROPH^ETA Smith 
(1) Nycterophaeta luna Morrison, Plate XXVII, Fig. 9, ?. 
Syn. magdalena Hulst; notatella Grote. 
The moth ranges from Dakota and Montana southward to 
southern Colorado. 
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