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VII. Additions to the "List of North American 



Noctuidae" 



BY AUG. E. GKOTE. 



[Read before this Society July 3, 1874.] 



The discovery of new species since the publication of the " List," 

 and the reception of fresh material by this Society, allows me to 

 increase and correct it. 



I. The genera allied to Taeniocatnjja, catalogued on pages 22 and 

 23 of the " List." 



The following synoptical table is imperfect, bnt may assist in the 

 identification of the genera. I have no perfectly preserved speci- 

 mens of Ceramica exusta, and the structural difiference from Taenio- 

 campa is not apparent to me. Perfectly preserved specimens, with 

 the thoracic vestiture intact, are especially necessary in studying 

 the Noctuae. I have hitherto mistaken the type of Pachnobia. 



Eyes liairv : 



Head prominent, vestiture hairy, form slender, thorax untufted . . . Ortliodes. 



Head applied to the thorax, collar distinctly lobed, thorax defined at the sides 



and tufted in front Porigrapha. 



Head sunken, vestiture woolly, form stout, thorax untufted | ''''^^'ceramica.* 



Eyes naked : 



Male antennae simple, wings comparatively wide Matuta. 



Male antennae toothed, wings comparatively narrow Pachnobia. 



ORTHODES, Ouenee {\'dn2). 



Type : Orthodes infirma Ouen. 



inflrma Guen., Noct. 1, p. 375 (A). 



griseociucta Harvey, Bui. Buf. Soc. Nat. Sci. 3, p. 120. 



\ cynica Ouen., Noct. 1, p. 375. 



f nimia Ouen., Noct. 1, p. 376. 



f vecors Ouen., Noct. 1, p. 376. 



Eastern States, southward. 



