Noctuidae 

 Genus STRETCHIA Henry Edwards 



This is an extensive genus, to which a number of Western 

 species have been referred. It badly needs revision by a critical 

 authority. We figure one of the best known forms. 



(i) Stretchia muricina, Plate XXV, Fig. 5, 6" . 



In addition to the figure given on the 

 plate we annex a cut made from a drawing 

 of a specimen contained in the collection 

 of the late Henry Edwards, and now in 



the possession of the American Museum of fig. 115. Stretchia 



Natural History in New York. muricina. 



Genus PERIGONICA Smith 



This is a small genus, which we represent by a figure of 

 the Coloradan insect to which Prof. J. B. Smith has 

 applied the specific name fulminans. The male is depicted 

 on Plate XXV, Fig. 6. 



Genus PERIGRAPHA Lederer 



The only species of this genus 

 found in our fauna has been named 

 prima by Professor Smith. It is 

 represented by a drawing of the 

 type, which is contained in the 

 Fig. 116 Perigrapha American Museum of Natural History. 

 prima. The insect is a native of California. 



Genus TRICHOLITA Grote 



(1) Tricholita signata Walker, Plate XXV, Fig. 7, $. 



Syn. semiaperta Morrison. 



This is the only species of the genus found in the eastern 

 portion oT the United States. There are four other species, 

 but they are western in their habitat. 



Genus CLEOSIRIS Boisduval 



This is a small genus found in Europe as well as in. 

 America. The species which has been chosen to represent 

 the genus was named populi by Strecker, who first described 

 it. It is not at all uncommon in Colorado and Wyoming. It 



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