Noctuidae 
Genus EUHERRICHIA Grote 
A small genus represented by three species in our fauna. 
Euherrichia granitosa occurs in Florida; Euherrichia cervina on 
the Pacific slope; and the species, which we figure, from Canada 
to Florida and westward to Colorado. 
(i) Euherrichia mollissima Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 63, $ . 
Syn. rubicunda Walker. 
The specimen depicted was taken in the neighborhood of 
Saratoga, N. Y. 
Genus CYDOSIA Westwood 
A small genus represented in our fauna by three species, all 
of which we figure. The larva pupates in a small cocoon made 
of strands of silk woven into the form of a globular basket with 
open meshes, which is suspended from the under side of a leaf 
by a long cord. 
(1) Cydosia imitella Stretch, Plate XXIX, Fig. 64, $ . 
The moth is found in the southern States. 
(2) Cydosia aurivitta Grote & Robinson, Plate XXIX, Fig. 
65 ,$■ 
The species occurs in Florida. 
(3) Cydosia majuscula Henry Edwards, Plate XXIX, Fig. 
66 , ? . 
The habitat of the insect is the same as that of the species last 
mentioned. 
Genus CERATHOSIA Smith 
The only species of the genus was 
named tricolor by Smith. The fore 
wings are pure white, spotted with 
black, the hind wings are pale yellow. 
The habitat of the species is Texas. 
Fig. 159 .—Cerathosia tri¬ 
color, $ . 
Genus HORMOSCHISTA Mceschler 
The only species of this genus, which 
occurs within our territory, was originally 
described by Moeschler from Porto Rico. 
It is found in Florida and elsewhere along 
the borders of the Gulf of Mexico. 
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