Noctuidae 



This species, readily distinguished from all others by the well 

 defined claviform spot, ranges from Massachusetts to Alberta 

 and northward. 



Genus METALEPSIS Grote 



Two species of this genus are credited to our fauna. Of the 

 type of one of these, preserved in the British Museum, 1 am able 

 to give an excellent figure taken from Sir George F. Hampson's 



Fig. ioi. — Metalepsis cornuta, ^. \. 



fine work upon the moths of the world, which is being published 

 by the Trustees of the above named institution. The insect 

 occurs in California. 



Genus SETAGROTIS Smith 



Eight species, all of them found in the northern parts of our 

 territory or at considerable elevations among 

 the mountains of the West, are attributed 

 to this genus. 1 am able to give a figure 

 of one of these, which Dr. Dyar kindly had 

 drawn from the type in the United States 

 National Museum. It occurs among the 

 mountains of Colorado and Wyoming. The YiG.io2.—Setagrotis 

 ground color of the wings is pale luteous. terrifica, $ . {. 



Genus AGROTIS Ochsenheimer 



(i) Agrotis badinodis Grote, Plate XXI, Fig. 37, $. (The 

 Pale-banded Dart.) 



Not an uncommon species in the northern Atlantic States 

 and Canada. 



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