March, 1914.] Forbes: Noctuid.^ of North America. 27 



Abdomen extremely flattened Rhynchagrotis. 



Abdomen moderately flattened. 



Fore wing more acute at apex, 



(Adelphagrotis) steHaris, Western. 



Fore wing with blunt apex Eueretagrotis. 



The last three gTOups are hardly distinct. Typical Rhisagrotis 

 (cloantJioidcs, albalis, etc.) is purely western and differs from 

 acclivis, etc., in having no upper spinules on the tibias, and a decid- 

 edly conical frontal proniinence. 



22. Smith evidently had a defective specimen as he saw but one 

 pair of claws. 



2:^. Hampson separates this from Schinia, at one time each was 

 still further divided. 



24. Dasyspondcca had perhaps better be united with Rhododipsa. 

 They are similar in structure, but a little different in range of color 

 and the markings of the hind wing; a single species of each has been 

 reported from Wisconsin. 



25. Rhodophora and ScJiinia intergrade, the pink species of the 

 latter {rcgia, sangtiinca, and gloriosa) might be transferred to the 

 former or the genera united. S. saturata has only two strong claws, 

 differing hardly at all from Eupanychis. 



26. Heliocheilus is distinct enough from Heliothis but probably 

 a synonym of the oriental genus Raghuva. 



27. Hampson transfers the name Heliothis to certain small-eyed 

 western and exotic forms, using Chloridca for all our species. Ononis 

 connects the two types, 



28. Hampson unites this genus with the next. 

 • 29. Frnva. 



30. Caducus Dyar, our smallest Noctuid. 



31. The only species in our area are ccthcria and secta. The ve- 

 nation varies widely, there often being a large accessory cell. Smith 

 mistook specimens of secta, for (cria. 



32. I should place in Ozarha, nigcUus, hunter ata and pitncticosta. 

 It seems to be a reduced Episeuxis, as Strecker considered it, rather 

 than Erastriine. 



2,2- Typical Nonagria, with a simpler frontal prominence, does not 

 occur in our area. 



34. Nigrofimbria is our only species, structurally scmiflava is a 

 typical Tarache. 



