Pyralidse 
of various wild and cultivated grapes, showing a preference for 
those species the leaves of which are thin and tender. The 
caterpillar is of a transparent green color, and is very lively when 
disturbed. The insects, which do considerable damage in vine¬ 
yards, may be kept down by crushing the larvae and the pupae 
when found in the folded leaves, which are easily detected. The 
moth is found from Canada to the Gulf east of the Great Plains. 
Genus SAMEA Guenee 
(i) Samea ecclesialis Guenee, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 2 , $. 
Syn. castellalis Guenee; luccusalis Walker; disertalis Walker. 
The insect is widely distributed throughout the hotter parts 
of the Western Hemisphere. It is common in Florida and ranges 
south as far as Argentina. 
Genus DIASTICTIS Hiibner 
(1) Diastictis fracturalis Zeller, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 1, 6. 
This is a neatly marked species, which is found in Texas and 
Arizona, and ranges southward into Mexico and Central America. 
Genus CONCHYLODES Guenee 
(1) Conchylodes platinalis Guenee, Plate XLVII, Fig. 60, $ . 
Syn. ovulalis Guenee; erinalis Walker; magicalis Felder; concinnalis 
Hampson. 
The moth is found in western Pennsylvania and southward 
through the southern portions of the United States into South 
America. ||§ 
Genus PANTOGRAPHA Lederer 
(1) Pantographa limata Grote & Robinson, Plate XLVII, 
Fig. 38. 3 • 
Syn. suffusalis Druce. 
The insect occurs from Maine to Patagonia. 
Genus AGATHODES Guende 
(1) Agathodes monstralis Guenee, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 3, 
Syn. designalis Guenee ; floridalis Hulst. 
The moth ranges from Florida to the Rio de la Plata in South 
America. 
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