Noctuidse 



Genus FELTIA Walker 



This is a considerable genus, represented by species in the 



northern portions of both hemispheres. 



(i) Feltia subgothica Haworth. (The Subgothic Dart.) 

 Of this common species, which is found in the northern 



portions of the United States and also in Canada, and which 



likewise occurs in Europe, 

 we give a figure on Plate 

 XXII. We also have re- 

 produced a cut of the 

 species taken from Prof. 

 C. V. Riley's First 

 Missouri Report. The 

 larva is one of the com- 

 monest cut-worms, found 

 more abundantly, how- 

 ever, in the West than in 

 range over the northern 



Fig. 105. — Feltia subgothica. 



Moth with wings expanded; moth with 



wings closed. 



the East. The species has a wide 



portions of the United States and through southern Canada. 



(2) Feltia herilis Grote, Plate XXll, Fig. 20, 6 . (The 

 Master's Dart.) 



The insect ranges from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains. 



(3) Feltia gladiaria Morrison, Plate XXII, Fig. 19, $ . (The 

 Swordsman Dart.) 



Syn. ntorriso)iiana Riley. 



The distribution of this species is the same as that of the 

 previous. 



(4) Feltia venerabilis Walker, Plate XXII, Fig. 26, $ . (The 

 Venerable Dart. ) 



Widely distributed throughout the United States. 



(5) Feltia vancouverensis Grote, Plate XXII, Fig. 42, ?. 

 (The Vancouver Dart.) 



Syn. hortulana Morrison; semiclarata Grote; agilis Grote. 



I have given the above name to the specimen figured on the 

 Plate as cited upon the authority of Prof. J. B. Smith, who has 

 kindly examined the figure. The specimen came from Labrador. 



(6) Feltia volubilis Harvey, Plate XXII, Fig. 23,$. (The 

 Voluble Dart.) 



Syn. stigmosa Morrison. 



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