Noctuidse 



Genus EUSTROTIA Hiibner 



This is quite an extensive genus, of which eighteen species 

 are included in our fauna. Of this number we give illustrations 

 of seven. 



(i) Eustrotia albidula Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig 22, ? . 



Syn. mtractabilis Walker. 



This little moth ranges from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, 

 and further west. 



(2) Eustrotia concinnimacula Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 

 23, ?. 



Not an uncommon species in the Atlantic subregion. 



(3) Eustrotia synochitis Grote & Robinson, Plate XXIX, 

 Fig. 24, 6 . 



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

 It occurs from Canada to Texas. 



(4) Eustrotia musta Grote & Robinson, Plate XXIX, Fig. 



Found from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains. 

 (s) Eustrotia muscosula Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 26, $ . 

 The moth has the same ranges as the last mentioned species. 

 It is verv common in Indiana. 



(6) Eustrotia apicosa Haworth, Plate XXIX, Fig. 27, $, . 

 Syn. nigritida Gueiie\ 



A very common species, having the same range as its prede- 

 cessor. 



(7) Eustrotia carneola Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 28, ? . 

 Syn. biplaga Walker. 



What has been said of the last species applies also to this, 

 except that it is, if anything, even more common. 



Genus GALGULA Guenee 

 (i) Gaigula hepara Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 31, 3 . 



Syn. externa Walker. 



Form partita Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. }2, $ . 



Syn. vcsca Morrison; sub partita Guenee. 



This common insect exists, as is shown in the plates, in two 

 forms, one quite dark, the other lighter. It is an inhabitant of 

 the Atlantic subregion, and is particularly abundant in western 

 Pennsylvania. 



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