Fig. 107. Mamestra picta. a. larva; b. moth. 

 (After Riley.) 



Noctuidse 



generally very noticeable, feeding upon various herbaceous plants. 



It is a promiscuous feeder, and to enumerate all the vege- 

 tables which it 

 ^ <**&& attacks would al- 



most be to provide 

 a list of the plants 

 of the United States. 

 They manifest, 

 however, a decided 

 preference, when 

 accessible, for the 

 cruciferous plants, 

 and do much dam- 

 age in fields of 

 cabbages and beets. 

 There are two 

 broods in the 

 Middle States. The 

 species does not 



occur on the Pacific coast, so far as is known to the writer. Its 



range is from the Atlantic to the eastern foothills of the Rocky 



Mountains. 



(17) Mamestra lubens Grote, Plate XXIII, Fig. 28, $ . (The 

 Darling Mamestra.) 



A denizen of the northern portions of the United States. 



(18) Mamestra latex Guenee, Plate XXIII, Fig. 40, ? . (The 

 Fluid Mamestra.) 



Syn. demissa Walker. 



This insect has the same range as the preceding species. 



(19) Mamestra adjuncta Boisduval, Plate XXIII, Fig. j*8, ? . 

 (The Hitched Mamestra.) 



This species occurs from southern Canada to the Carolinas 

 and westward to Missouri and Minnesota. 



(20) Mamestra rugosa Morrison, Plate XXIV, Fig. 3, $ . 

 (The Rugose Mamestra.) 



The habitat of this species is Maine and Nova Scotia. 



(21) Mamestra lilacina Harvey, Plate XXIII, Fig. '9, 3. 

 (The Lilacine Mamestra.) 



Syn. illabe facta Morrison. 



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