Noctuidae 



Genus PSYCHOMORPHA Harris 



(i) Psychomorpha epimenis Drury, Plate III, Fig. 9, $. 

 This very beautiful little moth appears on the v/ing early in 

 the spring in Pennsylvania. It is not uncommon in the Atlantic 



States. Hitherto it has 

 been placed by many 

 authors among the Agaris- 

 tidcB, but we incline to 

 the opinion that it is better 

 T, " T f D ; >,;>,■ located where we have put 



Fig. 143. — Larva of Psychomorpha epi- _ / 



menis. a, FviU grown caterpillar; 6, side it, among the Noctuidce. 

 view of segment enlarged; c, hump on Larval characteristics, how- 



eleventh segment. (After Riley.) ever, show a great likeness 



in this stage of develop- 

 ment to the species included in the genus Alypia. The accom- 

 panying cut, which we have reproduced from the writings of 

 Prof. C. V. Riley, may be compared in this connection with the 

 figure of the larva oi Alypia octoinaculata given on page 144. 



Genus PSEUDALYPIA Henry Edwards 



This genus, like the preceding, has been located by some 

 recent writers among the Agaristidce. The 

 moth is undoubtedly a Noctuid. I have 

 placed it here in the order of arrangement, 

 believing that upon the whole it is better 

 located at this point in the serial arrangement 

 than anywhere else. The figure annexed is 

 that of the type preserved in the American 

 Museum of Natural History. It was drawn by Mrs. Beutenmuller. 



Fig. 144.— Pseuda- 



lypia croichi, 5 . \. 



Genus EUTHISANOTIA Hubner^^ 



(i) Euthisanotia unio Hobner, Plate XVll, Fig. 24, $ . (The 

 Pearly Wood-nymph.) 



This lovely moth has a wide range throughout the eastern 

 portions of our territory as far v/est as the Mississippi. 



(2) Euthisanotia grata Fabricius, Plate XVII, Fig. ^ i . 

 (The Beautiful Wood-nymph.) vr 



Syn. assimilis Boisduval. 



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