Noctuidae 



occurs abundantly about the city of Laramie. It is represented 

 upon Plate XXV, Fig. 8, by a female specimen. 



Genus PLEROMA Smith 



(i) Pleroma obliquata Smith, Plate XXV, Fig. ii, 5 . 

 The species of this genus are all found in the western half of our 



territory. 



Genus LITHOMOIA Hiibner 



(i) Lithomoia germana Morrison, Plate XXV, Fig. 12,$. 



This is not at ail an uncommon species in the northern Atlantic 



States. 



Genus XYLINA Ochsenheimer 



An extensive genus found both in the New World and 

 the Old. Thirty-five species are attributed to it as found in 

 our fauna. Of this number ten are depicted in this book. 



(i) Xylina disposita Morrison, Plate XXV, Fig. 13, ? . (The 

 Green-gray Pinion.) 



The moth is found in the northern Atlantic States. 



(2) Xylina petulca Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 9, $ . (The 

 Wanton Pinion.) 



Not a common species, having the same range as the preceding. 



(3) Xylina antennata Walker. (The Ashen Pinion.) 



Syn. cincrca Riley. 



The moth is a native of the Atlantic States. The larva feeds 

 upon the apple, ponl;;r, hickory, and other deciduous trees. It 



has the habit of 

 boring into apples 

 and peaches, and 

 the galls which are 

 found upon oaks. 

 The caterpillar is 

 green, marked with 

 a cream-colored lat- 

 eral stripe, and 

 spots of the same 

 color. It pupates 

 beneath the soil in 

 a loose, filmy cocoon of silk, to which the particles of earth are 

 adherent. Pupation takes place at the end of June, or the 



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Fig. 117. 



-Xylina antennata. a. Larva boring 

 into peach, b. Moth. 



