Noctuida 



Genus TRIPUDIA Grote 



This is a genus of considerable size, represented in the 

 western and southwestern States by nine species, and well 

 represented in the fauna of Mexico and Central America. 



(i) Tripudia opipara Henry Edwards, Plate XXIX, Fig. 



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This is a very common species in Texas. 



Genus METAPONIA Duponchel 



The genus is represented in both hemispheres. Three species 

 occur in our fauna. Of these we figure two. 



(i) Metaponia obtusa Herrich-Schaeffer, Plate XXiX, Fig. 



41. ?• 



Syn. obiusula Zeller. 



The insect occurs from the valley of the Ohio southward to 

 Texas. It is commoner in the south than in the north. 



(2) Metaponia perflava Harvey, Plate XXIX, Fig. 42, ?. 

 Not an uncommon species in Texas. 



Genus CHAMYRIS Guence 



(i) Chamyris cerintha Treitschke, Plate XXIX, Fig. 43, ?. 



The species is found from New England and Canada south- 

 ward to the Carolinas aud westward to Kansas. The larva feeds 

 on the Rosacece. The insect is very common in Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, and Indiana. 



Genus TORNACONTIA Smith 



Two species have been attributed to this genus. One of 



them, which received the specific name sutrix at the hands of 



Grote, is represented in the annexed cut. 



It was drawn by Mrs. Beutenmuller from a 



specimen in the collection of the United States 



Museum of Natural History in New York. 



Fig. i^s.—Torna- The insect is found in the region of the Rocky 



contia sutrix, $, . \. Mountains. 



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