Noctuidae 
Genus PSYCHOMORPHA Harris 
(i) Psychomorpha epimenis Drury, Plate III, Fig. 9, $. 
This very beautiful little moth appears on the wing early in 
the spring in Pennsylvania. It is not uncommon in the Atlantic 
States. Hitherto it has 
been placed by many 
authors among the Agaris- 
tidce , but we incline to 
the opinion that it is better 
located where we have put 
it, among the Noctuidce. 
Larval characteristics, how¬ 
ever, show a great likeness 
in this stage of develop¬ 
ment to the species included in the genus Alypia. The accom¬ 
panying cut, which we have reproduced from the writings of 
Prof. C. V. Riley, may be compared in this connection with the 
figure of the larva of Alypia octomaculata given on page 144. 
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Fig. 143. —Larva of Psychomorpha epi¬ 
menis. a, Full grown caterpillar; h, side 
view of segment enlarged; c, hump on 
eleventh segment. (After Riley.) 
Genus PSEUDALYPIA Henry Edwards 
This genus, like the preceding, has been located by some 
recent writers among the Agaristidce. The 
moth is undoubtedly a Noctuid. I have 
placed it here in the order of arrangement, 
believing that upon the whole it is better 
located at this point in the serial arrangement Fiq ^ _ p seu d a - 
than anywhere else. The figure annexed is i y pi a cr otchi, 9 . 
that of the type preserved in the American 
Museum of Natural History. It was drawn by Mrs. Beutenmuller. 
Genus EUTHISANOTIA Hubner 
(1) Euthisanotia unio Hubner, Plate XVII, Fig. 24, $ . (The 
Pearly Wood-nymph.) 
This lovely moth has a wide range throughout the eastern 
portions of our territory as far west as the Mississippi. 
(2) Euthisanotia grata Fabricius, Plate XVII, Fig. 23, 6. 
(The Beautiful Wood-nymph.) 
Syn. assimilis Boisduval. 
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