Noctuidse 



This is another small creature, which has caused the species- 

 makers much exercise. It is found very generally throughout 

 the Atlantic States. 



(4) Orthodes puerilis Grote, Plate XXIV, Fig. 45, $ . (The 

 Boyish Quaker.) 



This insect is found in northern California. 



Genus HIMELLA Grote 



(1) Himella contrahens Walker, Plate XXIV, Fig. 44, $ . 



Syn. thecata Morrison. 



This insect is found from the northern Atlantic States south- 

 ward and westward to New Mexico and Colorado. 



Genus CROCIGRAPHA Grote 



(1) Crocigrapha normani Grote, Plate XXIV, Fig. 43, $ . 

 Not an uncommon insect in the northern portions of the 

 Atlantic Subregion. 



Genus GRAPHIPHORA Hiibner 



This is an extensive genus, represented in both hemispheres, 

 and containing thirty-six species, which occur within our ter- 

 ritory. We illustrate four of them. 



(1) Graphiphora culea Guenee, Plate XXV Fig. I, $ . 



Syn. modified Morrison. 



This species is quite common in the Appalachian or Atlantic 

 Subregion. 



(2) Graphiphora oviduca Guenee, Plate XXV, Fig. 2, $ . 



Syn. capsella Grote; orobia Harvey. 



The insect has the same range as the preceding species, and 

 is equally common. 



(3) Graphiphora alia Guenee, Plate XXV, Fig. 3, ? . 



Syn. instabilis Fitch; insciens Walker; hibisci Guenee; confluens 

 Morrison. 



Not a scarce species in the Atlantic Subregion. 



(4) Graphiphora garmani Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 5, $ . 



A rather scarce insect ranging from western Pennsylvania 

 throughout the valley of the Mississippi as far as Illinois and 

 Iowa. 



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