Noctuidae 



Genus FOTA Grote 



There are two species of this genus, both of which we figure. 

 They both occur in Arizona and Mexico. 



(i) Fota armata Grote, Plate XXI, Fig. 16, $. 



(2) Fota minorata Grote, Plate XXI, Fig. 17, $. 



We do not recall any description of the habits of these two 

 species. 



Genus PODAGRA Smith 



This genus has been quite recently erected by 

 Smith for the reception of the species, a represen- 

 tation of the type of which, based upon the 



, specimen in the United States National Museum, 

 Fig. 99. Poda- . r . . . 



gra crassipes. IS given in Fig. 99. 



Genus RHYNCHAGROTIS Smith 



Over twenty species have been attributed to this genus. Of 

 these we figure six. 



(1) Rhynchagrotis gilvipennis Grote, Plate XXI, Fig. 18, ? . 

 (The Catocaline Dart-moth.) 



This pretty species is found in the northern parts of the 

 United States, in Canada, and British America. It is scarce in 

 the eastern parts of its range south of Maine and the Adirondack 

 Woods. 



(2) Rhynchagrotis rufipectus Morrison, Plate XXI, Fig. 22. 

 $ . (The Red-breasted Dart-moth.) 



The general distribution of this species is like the former, but 

 it extends much farther southward. 



(3) Rhynchagrotis minimalis Grote, Plate XXI, Fig. 21,9. 

 (The Lesser Red Dart-moth.) 



This species is found in Maine, southern Canada, and also in 

 Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. 



(4) Rhynchagrotis anchocelioides Guenee, Plate XXI, 

 Fig. 19, ?. 



Syn. cupida Grote; velata Walker. 



A common species in the northern Atlantic Subregion, 

 extending its habitat to the region of the Rocky Mountains. 



(5) Rhynchagrotis placida Grote, Plate XXI, Fig. 2}, $ . 

 (The Placid Dart-moth.) 



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