Noctuidae 
Genus PHURYS Guenee 
Six species occurring within our territory are given as belong¬ 
ing to this genus in the latest list of the lepidoptera of North 
America. Of these we illustrate two. 
(1) Phurys vinculum Guenee, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 12, $. 
The species occurs in the Gulf States and southward. 
(2) Phurys lima Guenee, Plate XXXVI, Fig r 1, $ . 
The range of this insect is the same as that of the preceding 
species. It may be easily distinguished by the presence of the 
small round dark dot near the base of the fore wings on the inner 
margin. 
Genus CELIPTERA Guenee 
(1) Celiptera frustulum Guenee, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 13, $. 
Syn. discissa Walker; elongatus Grote. 
The moth is found from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico east of 
the Rocky Mountains. 
Genus ANTICARSIA Hubner 
Of the two species of the genus found within our limits we 
give a figure of the one which most commonly occurs. 
(1) Anticarsia gemmatilis Hubner, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 
10, $ . 
The moth is found through the valley of the Mississippi from 
Wisconsin to Texas. 
Genus ANTIBLEMMA Hubner 
(1) Antiblemma inexacta Walker, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 23, $ . 
Syn. canalis Grote. 
This is a variable insect, to which a number of subspecific 
names have been given, based upon slight differences in the 
markings of the wings. It is found in the Southern States, and 
ranges thence to the southern portions of the South American 
continent. 
Genus LITOPROSOPSUS Grote 
(1) Litoprosopsus futilis Grote & Robinson, Plate XXXVII, 
Fig. 4. $ ■ 
The insect occurs in Florida and Georgia and also in the 
hotter portions of America. 
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