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233 miselioides Guenee. — Light and dark brown with an olive tinge; expands 

 1.20 inches. Rare. 



233. Hadena sp, — An undescribed species; front wings dark brown, on basal 

 half, ash brown on outer half; expands .95 inch. Rare. 



234. clialcedonia Hubn. — Front wings brown, with base and circular spot, at 

 apex dusky white; expands .96 inch. 



235. renigera Stephens Qicrhi macula Guenee). — Front wings purplish brown, 

 with olive green spots; central spot green, with its lower edge silver white ; expands 

 1.15 inches. Common ; supposed by Riley to feed upon the roots of flowers. 



Perigea Guenee. 

 236 xanthioides Guenee. — Bright yellowish-brown, with purple-brown markings ; 

 expands 1.20 inches. Abundant. 



DiPTERYGiA Stephens. 



237. 'pinastri Linn. — Front wings dark brownish black, with grayish white inner 

 margins widening at the tip ; when the wings are closed the light markings resem- 

 ble a two-tined fork; expands \}4, inches. Common. 



Hyppa Duponchel. 



238. xylinoides Guenee. Ash-gray with three longitudinal black lines near inner 

 margin of front wings ; expands 1.65 inches. Rare; taken at Leavenworth by Dr. 

 Carpenter 



AcTiNOTiA Hubner. 



239. ramosula Guenee. — Gray and brown ; expands 1.43 inches. Rare. 



MoRRisoNiA Grote. 



240. evieta Grote. — Gray-brown, with two longitudinal black lines and a reddish 

 central spot ; expands 1.35 inches. Rare. 



Prodenia Guenee. 



241. Commelinoi Abb. andSm. The Spiderwort Moth. — Front wings purplish-gray 

 with brownish white bauds and lines ; hind wings pearly white; expands \% inches. 

 Common ; feeds upon spiderwort and (according to Riley) upon all sorts of succu- 

 lent plants. 



Nephelodes Guenee. 



242. violans Guenee.— Front wings rich purplish brown, with darker band across 

 center; expands 1.70 to 1.80 inches. Common. 



243. Nephelodes sp.— An undetermined form, resembling the preceding but with 

 a double band crossing front wings; expands Ifg inches. Taken at Leavenworth 

 by Dr. Carpenter. 



Gortyna Hubner. 



244. limpida Guenee {cerussata Grote).— Brown, with three clusters of small white 

 spots upon each front wing; expands 1% to 1% inches. Taken by Dr. Carpenter. 



245. nebris Guen. — Brown, with two clusters of white spots upon each front wing; 

 expands 1.43 inches. Rare. 



246 nitela Guen. The Stalk-borer.— Brown, with a bent white line crossing front 

 wings near outer margin ; expands 1.45 inches. Common; bores into the stalks of 

 potato, tomato, dahlia, aster and cocklebur. 



247. semiaperta Morrison.— Reddish-brown, with double white spot in center of 

 front wings; expands Ij^^' inches. Common. 



248. cerina Grote. — Golden yellow ; one specimen, the type of the species. 



Arzama Walker. 



249. densa (?) Walk.— Reddish-brown of different shades; expands 1^ inches. 

 One specimen. 



