258 A Systematic Jjisc of Leyidajyteya, 



Qub-division 3. MINORES, Guen. 

 Family, Erastbid^, Guen. 



Genus 1. Erastria, Ochs. 

 1. E. carneola, Guen. — Rare, beginning of August. 

 Distribution. — United States, (E. Doubleday). 



Division 2.— QUADRIFIDEA, Guen. 



Tribe, VARIEGATE, Guen. 



Family, Plusid^, Boisd. 



Genus 1. Plusia, Ochs. 



1. P. aerea, Hiibn. — July and August. 



Distribution. — New York and Florida, (Doubleday) ; Nora Sco- 

 tia, (Redman) ; Orillia, C.W., (Bush). 



2. P. precationis, Guen. — Common, August. 



Distribution. — New York and Philadelphia, (Doubleday) ; Mass. ; 



(Prof. Shepard) ; Orillia, C.W., (Bush). 



3. P. mortuorum, Guen. — Common, August. 



Distribution. — New York, (Doubleday); Orillia, C.W., (Bush) ; 



Sorel and Rouge District. 



Tribe, Intrust, Gum, 



Family, Amphipyrid^, Guen. 



Genus 1, Amphiptra, Ochs. 



1. A. pyramidoides, Guen. — Common in August on the Mountain. 



Distribution. — Massachusetts. (Harris) . 



2. A. tragogoponis, Linn. — Abundant, beginning of August. 



Distribution. — L Orignal on the Ottawa, (R. Bell). (Eu). 



Tribe, Extensa, Guen. 



Family, Homopierid.^, Guen. 



Genus 1, Homoptera, Boisd. 



1. H. lunata, Drury. — Taken on Treacle in May. 



i)^s^^^■6M^^o?^.— Massachusetts, (Harris) ; St. Domingo, (B.M.C.) 



2. H. contracta, Walker, M.S.S. N. Sp. — Middle of July. 



" Foem. FeiTugineo fusca ; palpi arcuati, graciles, ascendentes ; 

 alae lineis nigris imdulatis, lineainteriore duplicata strigam iiigram 

 includente, linea media dentata apud costam dilatata, linea exte- 

 riore pallido marginata; anticae lineis duabus basalibus." 



" Female. Ferruginous brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 curved, slender, obliquely ascending, rising higher than the head; 

 third joint lanceoate, about half the length of the second. Wings 

 with black undulating lines ; interior line double, the intervening 

 space partly black ; middle line dentate, much dilated on the 



