Noctuidae 
Genus FRUVA Grote 
The species belonging to this genus are southern and south¬ 
western in their distribution. Six are known. 
(i) Fruva apicella Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 56, $ . 
Syn. truncatula Zeller; accepta Henry Edwards. 
A very common species in the Gulf States. 
Genus SPRAGUEIA Grote 
A genus of small, but very attractively colored moths, which 
requent the flowers of the Composite? in the later summer. 
(1) Spragueia onagrus Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 57, $. 
The moth occurs quite abundantly in southwestern Pennsyl¬ 
vania and the valley of the Ohio, and ranges thence southwardly. 
It is common on the blossoms of the golden-rod (Solidago.) 
(2) Spragueia plumbifimbriata Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 
58, ? • 
This modestly colored species is found in Texas. 
(3) Spragueia dama Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 59, $ . 
Syn. trifariana Walker. 
This is a common species in the southern States. 
(4) Spragueia guttata Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 6.0, .$. . 
This pretty moth ranges from Texas to Costa Rica. 
Genus CALLOPISTRIA Hubner 
(1) Callopistria floridensis Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 61, $ . 
As the name indicates, the species is from Florida. 
Genus METATHORASA Moore 
A genus represented in both hemispheres, and particularly 
yell in Asia. 
(1) Metathorasa monetifera Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 
<•2, $ . 
A native of the Appalachian subregion, ranging from Canada 
to Florida. Thus far it does not appear to have been reported 
from any locality west of the Allegheny Mountains. I found it 
one summer quite abundantly at Saratoga, New York. 
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