Noctuidae 
species to which he applied the name pygmaea. It is found 
from Florida to Texas along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. 
Genus PALTHIS Hubner 
Two species of the genus are found within the United States. 
We figure both of them. 
(1) Palthis angulalis Hubner, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 25, $. 
Syn. aracinthusalis Walker. 
The insect is very common everywhere from Canada to the 
Gulf of Mexico east of the Great Plains. 
(2) Palthis asopialis Guenee, Plate XLII, Fig. 1, ? . 
The distribution of the species is the same as that of the 
preceding. 
Genus CAPIS Grote 
(1) Capis curvata Grote, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 33, ? . 
The insect is found in Maine, northern New York, and 
Canada. It is the only species belonging to the genus. 
Genus SALIA Hubner 
Two species belonging to the genus are found within our 
territory. We figure in the accompanying cut the type of one of 
these, which received the specific name interpuncta at the hands 
of Mr. Grote. 
Fig. 176. —Salia interpuncta, $ . \ 
The moth is found from Massachusetts to Arizona. 
Genus LOMANALTES Grote 
(1) Lomanaltes eductalis Walker. 
Syn. Icetulus Grote. 
The figure of the moth which we give 
was drawn for this book by Mrs. Beuten- 
mtiller of New York from a specimen 
contained in the collections of the 
American Museum of Natural History. 
The insect ranges from Nova Scotia to 
Minnesota and southward to New York and Pennsylvania. 
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Fig. 177. —Lomanaltes 
eductalis, $ . -f. 
