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SUBFAMILY ACRONYCTINAE 



BAGISARA RECTIFASCIA (GROTE) 



Schinia rectifascia Grote, 1874, in Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., v. 16, 1873/74, 



p. 242. 

 Atethmia rectifascia Dyar, 1903, List North Amer. Lep., no. 2267. 

 Bagisara rectifascia Hampson, 1910, in Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus., v. 9, p. 156. 



One moth was reared September 1 and one September 23, 191 8, from 

 larvae collected on Malvaviscus drummondii August 10, 191 8 (Anahuac, 

 Tex., J. D. More). Dr. Dyar, who determined the Noctuidae, informs 

 me that the larva of this species has not been described. Unfortunately 

 those preserved with the foregoing experiment are Catocalinae of some 

 kind and probably have no connection with the adults reared. 



SUBFAMILY EREBINAE 

 ALABAMA ARGILLACEA (HUBNER) 



Aletia argillacea Hiibner, 1820, Zutr. Samml. Exot. Schmett., fig. 399. 

 Alabama argillacea Dyar, 1903, List North Amer. Lep., no. 2555. 



Several moths were reared from larvae feeding on the cotton leaves. 

 Larvae were taken September 25, 1918, at Dickinson, Tex., and moths 

 early in October of the same year. The species pupates within the 

 folded leaves on the plant. 



ANOMIS EXACTA HUBNER 



Anomis exacta Hiibner, 1810, Samml. Exot. Schmett., v. 2, pi. 411. 

 Anomis exacta Dyar, 1903, List North Amer. Lep., no. 2557. 



One moth was reared September 1, 1918, from a larva collected on 

 Malvaviscus drummondii, Anahuac, Tex., August 14, 1918 (J. D. More). 

 The larva pupated August 2 1 , spinning a loose tie of several leaves. 



ANOMIS EROSA HUBNER 



Anomis erosa Hiibner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. Exot. Schmett., fig. 287. 

 Anomis erosa Dyar, 1903, List North Amer. Lep., no. 2556. 



One moth from Brownsville, Tex., January 19, 1919, was reared from 

 a pupa in the tied leaves of Abutilon incanum (H. C. Hanson, collector). 



FAMILY LYCAENIDAE 



STRYMON MELINUS HUBNER 



Strymon melinus Hiibner, 1818, Zutr. Exot. Schmett., fig. 121. 

 Uranotes melinus Dyar, 1903, List North Amer. Lep., no. 335. 

 Strymon melinus Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, Check List Lep. Bor. Amer., 

 no. 352. 



This caterpillar feeds on a great variety of plants, including practically 

 all the Malvaceae. On cotton it attacks the flowers and bolls, boring 

 into the latter and feeding upon lint and seeds and making, when half- 



