Noctuida& 
Genus LATEBRARIA Guenee 
(i) Latebraria amphipyroides Guenee. 
There is only one species 
of the genus known to occur 
within the faunal limits cov¬ 
ered by this book, it is a 
straggler from the South 
American and Mexican ter¬ 
ritories, in which it is quite 
common. The accompanying 
cut based upon a drawing 
made from a specimen con¬ 
tained in the collection of 
the United States National 
Museum at Washington, will, 
no doubt, enable the Student Fig. 167.— Latebraria amphipyroides, 
± 1 
to readily recognize the T ‘ 
species, which is not likely to be confounded with anything else. 
Genus EREBUS Latreille 
This is a genus of large moths most in evidence in the tropics of 
the New World.. Only one species occurs in the United States. 
(1) Erebus odora Linnaeus, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 2, $ . 
Syn. agarista Cramer. 
This great moth is very common in the tropical regions of 
America. It occurs quite abundantly in southern Florida and the 
warmer portions-of the Gulf States, and is universally distributed 
over the countries of Central America and throughout tropical 
South America. It is found as a straggler into the northern 
portions of the United States, and has even been taken in 
Canada. I have in my collection a specimen which was taken 
at Leadville, Colorado, in a snowstorm which occurred there 
one Fourth of July. The insect, blown to that lofty and desolate 
spot, was caught fluttering about in the drifts. 
Genus THYSANIA Dalman 
(1) Thysania zenobia Cramer, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 1, $ . 
This is another great South American moth, which occasion¬ 
ally occurs within our territory. It has been taken in Florida 
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