Noctuid^e 



Genus BELLURA Walker 



We cause this genus to be represented by a figure of the 

 species named gortynides by 

 Walker. Synonyms are densa 

 Walker, vulnifica Grote, mela- 

 nopyga Grote. The insect is 

 peculiar to the Atlantic States, 

 so far as is known. The cut 

 was drawn from a specimen 

 in the American Museum of 



Natural History in New York. Fig. iig.—Bellura gortyniJes. 2 . {. 



Genus SPHIDA Grote 



(i) Sphida obliqua Walker, Plate XXV, Fig. }6, ? . 

 Syn. obliquata Grote & Robinson. 



The range of this moth is from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. 

 The specimen figured was taken by the writer at light in 

 Minneapolis. It feeds in the stems of Typha laiifolia. 



Genus NONAGRIA Ochsenheimer 



A rather small genus of obscurely colored moths, the larvoe 

 of which burrow in the stems of aquatic plants, below the water- 

 line. The genus is represented in both hemispheres. Six species 

 belong to our fauna. 



(i) Nonagria oblonga Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 33, 6 . (The 

 Large Nonagria. ) 



Syn. permagna Grote. 



This is a Southern species, thus far only recorded as found in 

 Florida. 



(2) Nonagria subflava Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 34, 9 . (The 

 Yellowish Nonagria.) 



The insect ranges from Maine to Illinois, where it is found in 

 the vicinity of lakes and pools of water in which rushes grow. 



Genus OMMATOSTOLA Grote 



(i) Ommatostolalintneri Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 355. 

 Thus far this species has only been recorded from New York 

 and New Jersey. 



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