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ScoLioPTERYX Gcrmar. 

 2G6. Hbatrix Guen. — Front wings brown with jagged outer edges; bright red 

 spots in the basal portion and a transverse white line between center and outer 

 margin ; expands 1.80 inches. Not common. 



LiTHOPHANE Hubner. 



267. petulcaGrrote. — Front wings narrow and smoky-brown with many short darker 

 lines ; expands 1.70 inches. Not common. 



268. Bethunei G. -AiaAli. — Light ash-gray with brown markings; expands IJ^ 

 inches. Rare. 



269. cinerea Riley. — Dark ash-gray ; expands 1% inches. Common ; feeds upon 

 the leaves of apple, poplar, hickory, and other trees, sometimes boring into the 

 fruit. (Riley's 3d Report.) 



CucuLLiA Schrank. 



270. asteroides Guen. — Front wings cinereous, bordered with brown; expands 2^^ 

 inches. Rare. 



Crambodes Guenee. 



271. talidiformis Guen. — Front wings brownish-white with darker markings and 

 white discal spot ; expands 1 14 inches. Abundant. 



Adipsophanes Grote. 



272. miscellus Grote. — Ashy-white with many fine black streaks; expands 1.10 

 inches. Common ; bred bj- W. Osburn from the hoary vervain (Verbena strieta). 



Noi,aphana Grote. 



273. malcma Fitch. — Ash-gray with darker lines; expands 1 inch. Not common. 



274. Zelleri Grote. — Like the preceding in color and size. Common. 



Marasmalus Grote 



275. histrio Grote. — Dark brown ; expands 1 to 1.10 inches Common. 



Basilodes Guenee.. 



276. pep'ita Guenee. — Satin-j^ellow, with brown circles and lines; expands 1 70 

 inches. Quite common. 



Plusiodonta Guenee. 



277. compressipalpis Guen.— Yellowish, with a brown, tapering band crossm? 

 each front wing obliquely, and forming a projectnig tooth on mner margin, expands 

 1% inches. Common. 



Telesilla Herr.-Sch. 



278. cinereola Guen.— Front wings grayish-brown, crossed near outer margm by 

 a yellowish band ; expands 1.10 inches. Common. 



Plusia Fabricius. 

 The members of this genus have a blight silver spot at center of each front wing. 



279. biloha Stephens— Brown witli a large two-lobed silver spot ; expands 1.60 inch. 

 Common. 



280. _prec«^iom's Guen.— Darker brown ; expands 1.50 inch. Rare; bred from the- 

 common thistle by Riley. 



281. simplex Guen. — Dark reddish-brown, with ashy edges to all the wings; 

 expands 1}4 inches. Abundant. 



282. 5'amTOo Linn.— Ash-brown ; expands 1.72 inch. Rare. 



283. brassiccB Riley. The Cabbage Motii.— Brown, witli minute ashy markings ; 

 silver spot double. Abundant; feeds upon the cabbage, gnawing large holes in the 

 leaves. 



Stiria Grote. 

 284 rugifro>is Grote.— Front w'lngii bright-yellow; with outer margin, a spot at 



