I Noctuidae 



Genus BEHRENSIA Grote 



Only one species has thus far been attributed to this genus, 

 (i) Behrensia conchiformis Grote, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 



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This little insect, which is as yet very rare in collections, is 

 found in northern California and Oregon. 



Genus DIASTEMA Guenee 

 (i) Diastema tigris Guenee. 



Syn. lineata Walker. 



The sole species belonging to the genus, 

 which occurs within our borders, has been 

 reported from Florida. We give in the ac- 

 companying cut an illustration of a specimen 

 which is found in the American Museum of fig. 149. Diastema 

 Natural History. tigris. 



Genus OGDOCONTA Butler 



(1) Ogdoconta cinereola Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 1, ?. 



Syn. atomaria Walker. 



This is not at all an uncommon species in the Atlantic sub- 

 region. I have found it particularly abundant in southern Indiana, 

 where it comes freely both to light and to sugar. 



Genus P^CTES Hubner 



Eight species are enumerated as belonging to this genus in 

 Dyar's recently published Catalogue. Of these we have given 

 illustrations of three in our plates. 



(1) Paectes abrostoloides Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 3, ?. 

 The insect occurs in the Atlantic States, and ranges westward 



into the Mississippi Valley. 



(2) Paectes pygmaea Hubner, Plate XXIX, Fig. 2, $ . 



This is a southern species. The specimen from which the 

 figure on the plate was taken was captured in Texas. 



(3) Paectes oculatrix Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 4, $ . 



The species is by no means very common. It has a wide 

 range from the Atlantic into the basin of the Mississippi. The 

 specimen figured on the plate was taken in western Pennsylvania. 

 I have specimens from Indiana and Illinois. 



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