Noctuidae 



Genus PSYCHOMORPHA Harris 



(i) Psychomorpha epimenis Drury, Plate III, Fig. 9, $. 



This very beautiful little moth appears on the wing early in 



the spring in Pennsylvania. It is not uncommon in the Atlantic 



States. Hitherto it has 



been placed by many 



authors among the Agaris- 



tidce, but we incline to 



the opinion that it is better 



T , , ', located where we have put 



Fig. 143. Larva of Psychomorpha epi- . , r 



menis. a, Full grown caterpillar; b, side it, among the NoctUldK. 

 view of segment enlarged; c, hump on Larval characteristics, how- 

 eleventh segment. (After Riley.) ever, show a great likeness 



in this stage of develop- 

 ment to the species included in the genus Alypia. The accom- 

 panying cut, which we have reproduced from the writings of 

 Prof. C. V. Riley, may be compared in this connection with the 

 figure of the larva of Alypia octomaculata given on page 144. 



Genus PSEUDALYPIA Henry Edwards 



This genus, like the preceding, has been located by some 

 recent writers among the Agaristidce. The 

 moth is undoubtedly a Noctuid. I have 

 placed it here in the order of arrangement, 

 believing that upon the whole it is better 

 located at this point in the serial arrangement Pl(J Pseuda- 

 than anywhere else. The figure annexed is i yp i a cr oich.i, o. . \. 

 that of the type preserved in the American 

 Museum of Natural History. It was drawn by Mrs. Beutenmuller. 



Genus EUTHISANOTIA Hubner 



(1) Euthisanotia unio Hiibner, Plate XVII, Fig. 24, $ . (The 

 Pearly Wood-nymph.) 



This lovely moth has a wide range throughout the eastern 

 portions of our territory as far west as the Mississippi. 



(2) Euthisanotia grata Fabricius, Plate XVII, Fig. 2}, $ . 

 (The Beautiful Wood-nymph.) 



Syn. assimilis Boisduval. 



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