Genus BEHRENSIA Grote 
Noctuidae 
Only one species has thus far been attributed to this genus. 
(i) Behrensia conchiformis Grote, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 
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This little insect, which is as yet very rare in collections, is 
found in northern California and Oregon. 
Genus DIASTEMA Guenee 
(i) Diastema tigris Guenee. 
Syn. lineata Walker. 
The sole species belonging to the genus, 
which occurs within our borders, has been 
reported from Florida. We give in the ac¬ 
companying cut an illustration of a specimen 
which is found in the American Museum of 
Natural History. 
Fig. 149. —Diastema 
tigris. 
Genus OGDOCONTA Butler 
(1) Ogdbconta cinereola Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 1, ?. 
Syn. atomaria Walker. 
This is not at all an uncommon species in the Atlantic sub- 
region. I have found it particularly abundant in southern Indiana, 
where it comes freely both to light and to sugar. 
Genus P/ECTES Hubner 
Eight species are enumerated as belonging to this genus in 
Dyar’s recently published Catalogue. Of these we have given 
illustrations of three in our plates. 
(1) Paectes abrostoloides Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 3, ?. 
The insect occurs in the Atlantic States, and ranges westward 
into the Mississippi Valley. 
(2) Paectes pygmaea Hubner, Plate XXIX, Fig. 2, $ . 
This is a southern species. The specimen from which the 
figure on the plate was taken was captured in Texas. 
(3) Paectes oculatrix Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 4, $ . 
The species is by no means very common. It has a wide 
range from the Atlantic into the basin of the Mississippi. The 
specimen figured on the plate was taken in western Pennsylvania. 
I have specimens from Indiana and Illinois. 
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