Noctuidae 



Genus FAGITANA Walker 



Two species, which were formerly attributed to the genus 

 Pseudolinidcodes Grote, occur in the United States. We figure 

 both of them. 



(i) Fagitana obliqua Smith, Plate XXVI, Fig. 27, $> . 



The habitat of this species is Florida. 



(2) Fagitana littera Guenee, Plate XXVI, Fig. 28, ? . 



Syn. lucidata Walker; niveicostatus Grote. 



This is a rare insect, which occurs in the Atlantic States. 



Genus COSMIA Ochsenheimer 



(i) Cosmia paleacea Esper, Plate XXVI, Fig. }2, 5. (The 

 Angle-striped Sallow.) 



Syn. discolor Walker; itifn>nata Grote. 



This insect is found all over northern Europe and the United 

 States. 



Genus ORTHOSIA Ochsenheimer 



The genus is well represented both in the New World and 

 the Old. Of the fifteen species reckoned as belonging to our 

 fauna two are selected for illustration. 



(i) Orthosia bicolorago Guenee, Plate XXVI, Fig. 29, 6 . 



An eastern species, which is not uncommon. 



(2) Orthosia helva Grote, Plate XXVI, Fig. 30, ? . 



A very common species in the Atlantic States, ranging west- 

 ward as far as Colorado. 



Genus PARASTICHTIS Hubner 



(l) Parastichtis discivaria Walker, Plate XXVI, Fig. 31, 4. 



Syn. gentilis Grote 



Found throughout the northern Atlantic States. 



Genus SCOPELOSOMA Curtis 



This genus represented in Europe by a single species is 

 represented in the United States and Canada by half a score of 

 species. They appear upon the wing very early in the spring, 

 when the nights are still cool and even frosty. This fact is the 

 reason why they are for the most part not well represented in 



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