Noctuidae 



Genus PORRIMA Grote 



(i) Porrima regia Strecker, Plate XXVII, Fig. 26, ?. 

 This is a southern species, found in Texas, and also ranging 

 northward as far as Kansas and Colorado. 



Genus TRICHOSELLUS Grote 



(i) Trichosellus cupes Grote. 



Syn. crotchi Henry Edwards. 



This little moth, which is the only one 

 belonging to the genus, is represented in the 

 annexed figure by a drawing of the type, 

 which is preserved in the American Museum 

 of Natural History. 



Fig. 135. Tricho- 



sellus cupes, $ 



Genus EUPANYCHIS Grote 



The only species belonging to the 

 genus was originally named spinosae by 

 Guenee. Grote & Robinson subsequently 

 called it hirtella. It occurs from Canada 

 southward to the Potomac and westward 

 to Illinois. The figure we give is from a 



drawing of a specimen in the United States Fig. 136. Eupanychis 



National Museum. spinoscs, $ . 



Genus CANIDIA Grote 



Fig. 137. Canidia scissa. 

 This is a Floridan species, a figure of the type of which has 

 been prepared for this book under the supervision of Sir George 

 F. Hampson. 



Genus SCHINIA Hubner 



This is a very extensive genus of small and rather pretty 

 moths, which are particularly abundant in the grassy and semiarid 



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