46 Transactions of the Kansas 



CiRiiOPHANUs Grote. 



250. trianyulifer Grote. — Golden-yellow with brownish-yellow markings ; expands 

 1.45 inches. Rare. 



ScoLECOCAMPA Guenee. 



251. liburna Geyer (Jigni Guen). — Front wings brownish-w'hite, with dark brown 

 spot in center ; expands 1.40 inches. Not common. 



AcHATODES Guenee. 



252. zecB Harr. The Cornstalk Borer. — Dark brown, with rust-red thorax and 

 apex of front wings ; expands 1.40 inches. Not common as yet ; bores in the stalks 

 of Indian corn, and is very destructive in the New England States. 



LucANiA Treitschke. 

 ' 253. phragmitidicola Guen. — Gray-brown,with alongitudinal black, white edged 

 line upon each front wing ; expands IJ^ inches. Common. 



254. narvegi Grote. — Grayish-white with a broken longitudinal dark line ; expands 

 13^ inches. Common. 



255. unipunctd Haworth. — The Army-worm Moth. Yellowish brown ; a small 

 white spot in center of each front wing ; longitudinal line indistinct ; expands 1% 

 inches. Abundant, especially in wet seasons following very dry seasons; probably 

 the most destructive species among all the Lepidoptera, often attacking and destroy- 

 ing entire fields of corn, wheat, oats, grass and other staple crops. 



Ufeus Grote. 

 25(). satyricus Grote. — Uniform dull brown ; expands 1 % inches. Rare. 



Laphygma Guenee. 



257. frugiperda Abb. and Sm. {Prodenia wutumnalis Riley). — The Fall Army 



worm. Resembles the Spiderwort Moth (No. 241), but its markings are much less 



distinct. Common ; destroys corn, wheat, tomatoes and many other plants ; bred 



by W. Osburn from the bracted bindweed (Oalystegia) and from false gromwell 



{Onosviodivm). 



Pyrophila Hubner. 



258. pyramidoides Guenee. — Brown front wings ; rust-red hind wings ; expands 

 1.80 inches. Ver}'^ common; feeds vipon the grape, raspberry, poplar, and red-bud. 



Orthodes Guenee. 



259. infirrna Guen. — Dark brown, interlaced with many narrow whitish lines; 



expands 1.40 inches. Rare. 



Alexia Hubner. 



260. argillacea Hubn. {Anomis xylina Say.) — The Cotton-worm Moth. Front 

 wings light purplish brown, with blackish spot in center ; expands 1% inches. 

 The greatest enemy of the cotton-plant. Taken at Tonganoxie by T. B. Ashton. 



Atethmia Hubner. 



261. pampina Guen. — Light reddish-brown, with two dark spots near center 

 of each front wing; expands 1.60 inches. Taken by T. B. Ashton at Tonganoxie. 



Ortuosia Ochs. 



262. viatica Grote. — Dark vinous brown ; expands 2.10 inches. Rare. 



263. helva Grote. — Light brownish-yellow with small blackish spots ; expands 



1}^ inches. Rare. 



Xanthia Hubner. 



264. femigineoidet Guen. — Similar to the last species; expands 1.40 inches. 



Common. 



Gl^a Hubner. 



265. anchoce.lioides Guenee. — Reddish-brown with two dark spots at the center 

 and one at the apex of front wings ; expands IV^ inches. Rare. 



