Noctuida 



Genus HYPENULA Grote 



One species is reckoned as belonging to this genus. 



Hypeuiila cacuminalis , ^ . 



(i) Hypenula cacuminalis Walker. 



Syn. biferalis Walker; opacalis Grote. 



The moth is a native of the southern portions of our territory 

 The figure we give is taken from Walker's 

 type, which is preserved in the British 

 Museum. We also give a figure of a 

 specimen preserved in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, and which 

 was determined by Mr. Grote as his 

 species, to which he gave the name 

 opacalis. The comparison of the two 

 figures will serve to illustrate the variability of the species 



Fig. 173. — Hypenula opa- 

 calis Grote, ^ . |. 



Genus RENIA Guenee 



There are eight species belonging to the genus which are 

 found within the region covered by this book. One of the 

 commonest of these is selected for illustration. 



(i) Renia discoloralis Guenee, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 24, S . 



Syn. fallacialis Walker; geucralis Walker; thraxalis Walker. 



The insect is very common in the Appalachian subregion. 



Genus BLEPTINA Guenee 

 (i) Bleptina caradrinalis Guenee, Plate XXXVll, Fig. 32, S . 



Syn. cloniasalis Walker. 



The moth occurs from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and west- 

 ward to the Rocky Mountains. 



Genus TETANOLITA Grote 



Three species are assigned to this genus in the latest lists. 

 Of these, we have selected the one which is the type of the genus 



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