Noctuidae 



Genus LATEBRARIA Guen6e 



(l) Latebraria amphipyroides Guenee. 



There is only one species 

 of the genus known to occur 

 within the faunal limits cov- 

 ered by this book. It is a 

 straggler from the South 

 American and Mexican ter- 

 ritories, in which it is quite 

 common. The accompanying 

 cut based upon a drawing 

 made from a specimen con- 

 tained in the collection of 

 the United States National 

 Museum at Washington, will, 

 no doubt, enable the student Fig. 16 j.— Latebraria amphipyroides, 

 to readily recognize the ° ' ^' 



species, which is not likely to be confounded with anything else. 



Genus EREBUS Latreille 



This is a genus of large moths most in evidence in the tropics of 

 the New World. Only one species occurs in the United States, 

 (i) Erebus odora Linnaeus, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 2, ? . 



Syn. agarista Cramer. 



This great moth is very common in the tropical regions of 

 America. It occurs quite abundantly in southern Florida and the 

 warmer portions of the Gulf States, and is universally distributed 

 over the countries of Central America and throughout tropical 

 South America. It is found as a straggler into the northern 

 portions of the United States, and has even been taken in 

 Canada. I have in my collection a specimen which was taken 

 at Leadville, Colorado, in a snowstorm which occurred there 

 one Fourth of July. The insect, blown to that lofty and desolate 

 spot, was caught fluttering about in the drifts. 



Genus THYSANIA Dalman 



(0 Thysania zenobia Cramer, Plate XXX Vll, Fig. i, 9 . 

 This is another great South American moth, which occasion- 

 ally occurs within our territory. It has been taken in Florida 



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