Noctuidae 



The moth ranges from Canada to Texas, and from the 

 Atlantic to the Great Plains. The larva feeds on the winterberry 

 and the lilac. 



Genus MICROCCELIA Guenee 



This genus is like the preceding represented in our territory 

 by but one species. 



(i) Microccelia diphtheroides Guenee, Plate XIX, Fig. 9, $ ; 

 form obliterate Grote, Plate XIX, Fig. 10, $ . (The Marbled 

 Microccelia.) 



The form obliterata in which the marblings are wanting is 

 common. The species is found in the Atlantic Subregion of the 

 United States. 



Genus JASPIDIA Hubner 



This is a moderately large genus embracing five species, 



which occur in our fauna. We figure two of them. 



(1) Jaspidia lepidula Grote, Plate XIX, Fig. 7, $ . (The 

 Marbled-green Jaspidia. ) 



This is a common species in the Atlantic Subregion, ranging 

 from Canada to the Carolinas and westward to the Mississippi. 



(2) Jaspidia teratophora Herrich-Schaeffer, Plate XIX, 

 Fig. 8, $. (The White-spotted Jaspidia.) 



The distribution of this species is practically the same as that 

 of the preceding. 



Genus DIPHTHERA Hubner 



There is but one species of this genus in our fauna. 



(1) Diphthera fallax Herrich-Schaeffer, Plate XVIII, 

 Fig. 1, $. (The Green Marvel.) 



This beautiful little moth is not uncommon in the Appala- 

 chian, or Atlantic, Subregion of the Continent. 



Genus POLYGRAMMATE Hubner 



This genus like the preceding is represented in our territory 

 by but a single species. 



(1) Polygrammate hebraicum Hubner, Plate XIX, Fig. II, 

 $ . (The Hebrew.) 



Syn. hebrcBa Guenee. 



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