Noctuidae 



ground without a cocoon, the earth being fashioned in some 

 cases into a cemented cell about the pupa. 



Genus PANTHEA Hiibner 



(i) Panthea furcilla Packard, Plate XVII, Fig. 31, $. 

 (The Eastern Panthea.) 



Closely allied to the following species, from which it may be 

 distinguished by the absence of the reniform spot at the end of 

 the cell. 



(2) Panthea portlandia Grote, Plate XVII, Fig. 30, $ . (The 

 Western Panthea.) 



Transverse markings less diffuse than in the preceding 

 species, and reniform spot always present. 



P. furcilla occurs on the northern Atlantic, and P. portlandia 

 on the northern Pacific coast. 



(For the other two species consult Proceedings U. S. Nat. Museum, 

 Vol. XXI, p. 13.) 



Genus DEMAS Stephens 



(i) Demas propinquilinea Grote, Plate XIX, Fig. 3, $. 

 (The Close-banded Demas.) 



The caterpillar feeds on various deciduous trees, making a 

 case for itself by drawing two leaves together with strands of 

 silk. It occurs in the Atlantic States. 



(For the other two species of genus see Proceedings U. S. Nat. Museum, 

 Vol. XXI, p. 22.) 



Genus CHARADRA Walker 



(i) Charadra deridens Guenee, Plate XVIII, Fig. 4, $. 

 (The Laugher.) 



Syn. circulifer Walker; contigua Walker. 



A rather rare moth, the habitat of which is the Atlantic States, 

 and the larva of which makes a case for itself, very much as 

 done by the preceding species. 



(2) Charadra illudens Walker, Plate XVIII, Fig. 5, i , 

 Fig. 2, $ . (The Sport. ) 



Syn. pythion Druce. 



A Mexican species, which I admit to the fauna of our territory 

 on the authority of George Franck of Brooklyn, who reports its 

 occurrence in Florida. 



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