Noctuidee 



Genus EUHERRICHIA Grote 



A small genus represented by three species in our fauna. 

 Euherrichia granihsa occurs in Florida; Euherrichia cervina on 

 the Pacific slope; and the species, which we figure, from Canada 

 to Florida and westward to Colorado. 



(i) Euherrichia mollissima Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 63, i . 



Syn. rubiciinda "Walker. 



The specimen depicted was taken in the neighborhood of 

 Saratoga, N. Y. 



Genus CYDOSIA Westwood 



A small genus represented in our fauna by three species, all 

 of which we figure. The larva pupates in a small cocoon made 

 of strands of silk woven into the form of a globular basket with 

 open meshes, which is suspended from the under side of a leaf 

 by a long cord. 



(i) Cydosia imitella Stretch, Plate XXIX, Fig. 64, 5 . 



The moth is found in the southern States. 



(2) Cydosia aurivitta Grote & Robinson, Plate XXIX, Fig. 

 65,5. 



The species occurs in Florida. 



(3) Cydosia majuscula Henry Edwards, Plate XXIX, Fig. 



The habitat of the insect is the same as that of the species last 

 mentioned. 



Genus CERATHOSIA Smith 



The only species of the genus was 

 named tricolor by Smith. The fore 

 wings are pure white, spotted with 

 black, the hind wings are pale yellow. 



T, , 1 -^ . r iu . . _, Fig. 159. — Ceraihosta iri- 



The habitat of the species is Texas. color, o . |. 



Genus HORMOSCHISTA Mceschler 



The only species of this genus, which 



occurs within our territory, was originally 



described by Moeschler from Porto Rico. 



„ ^ „ , . It is found in Florida and elsewhere along 



Fig. 160. — Hormoscltista r , ^ ,r fxi • 



pagenstecheri, $ . -\. the borders of the Gulf of Mexico. 



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