Noctuidae 
Genus PLAGIOMIMICUS Grote 
There are five species reckoned as belonging to this genus. 
All of them are southwestern and western forms, except the one 
we figure. 
(i) Plagiomimicus pityochromus Grote, Plate XXVIII, 
Fig. 9, $ . 
This moth is quite common in western Pennsylvania. It 
ranges southward and westward to the Gulf States and Colorado. 
Genus FALA Grote 
(i) Fala ptycophora Grote, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 4, $ . 
The habitat of this insect, which is the sole representative of 
its genus, is California. 
Genus NARTHECOPHORA Smith 
This is another genus in which we recognize thus far only 
one species. 
(1) Narthecophora pulverea Smith, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 
11, $• 
The figure is taken from a specimen determined by the author 
of the species, and contained in the United States National 
Museum. 
Genus NEUMCEGENIA Grote 
The only species of this genus was named poetica by Grote. 
It is a beautiful little moth, the fore wings 
being bright metallic green, with a golden 
reflection, the light spot, which is outwardly 
trifid, and the costa being creamy yellow. 
The drawing for the annexed cut was made 
from the type which is preserved at the Fig - 147 ■ Neuman- 
Brooklyn Institute. g enia poetica, $ . 
Genus PLUSIODONTA Guenee 
The only species of this small genus recognized as found in 
North America was named compressipalpis by Guenee. Walker 
renamed it insignis. It is represented on Plate XXVIII, Fig. 6, 
by a male specimen. The insect is a native of the Atlantic 
subregion, and is locally very common in western Pennsylvania. f 
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