Pyraiidae 



of various wild and cultivated grapes, showing a preference for 

 those species the leaves of which are thin and tender. The 

 caterpillar is of a transparent green color, and is very lively when 

 disturbed. The insects, which do considerable damage in vine- 

 yards, may be kept down by crushing the larvae and the pupae 

 when found in the folded leaves, which are easily detected. The 

 moth is found from. Canada to the Gulf east of the Great Plains. 



Genus SAMEA Guen^e 

 (i) Samea ecclesialis Guenee, Plate XLVllI, Fig. 2, ?. 



Syn. c-asie/Ai/is Gaeniic ; /la-cusa/is Walkev ; diser^ah's Walker. 



The insect is widely distributed throughout the hotter parts 

 of the Western Hemisphere. It is common in Florida and ranges 

 south as far as Argentina. 



Genus DIASTICTIS Hubner 



(i) Diastictis fracturalis Zeller, Plate XLVIli, Fig. 1,6. 

 This is a neatly marked species, which is found in Texas and 

 Arizona, and ranges southward into Mexico and Central America. 



Genus CONCHYLODES Guenee 

 (i) Conchylodes platinalis Guenee, Plate XLVII, Fig. 60, 6 . 



Syn. oinilalis Guerice ; crinalis Walker ; magicalis Felder ; concinnaHs 

 Hampson. 



The moth is found in western Pennsylvania and southward 

 through the southern portions of the United States into South 

 America. 



Genus PANTOGRAPHA Lederer 



(i) Pantographa limata Grote & Robinson, Plate XLVll. 

 Fig. 38, 6 . 



Syn. siifficsalis Druce. 



The insect occurs from Maine to Patagonia. 



Genus AGATHODES Guenee 

 (1) Agathodes monstralis Guenee, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 3, ^ . 



Syn. designalis Guenee; floridalis Hulst. 



The moth ranges from Florida to the Rio de la Plata in South 

 America. 



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