Noctuidse 

 Genus THERASEA Grote 



This is a small genus, represented in our fauna by two species, 

 (i) Therasea flavicosta Smith, Plate XXIX, Fig. 47, 3. 

 The moth occurs in the region of the Rocky Mountains. 



Genus TARACHE Hiibner 



The genus is found in both hemispheres. It is well repre- 

 sented in our fauna, thirty-five species being known to occur 

 within the limits o'f the United States and Canada. Eleven of 

 these are figured upon our plates. 



(1) Tarache terminimacula Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 46, $ 

 The species ranges from Massachusetts to Illinois. 



(2) Tarache delecta Walker, Plate XXIX, Fig. 48, ? . 

 Syn. metallica Grote. 



The range of this species is along the Atlantic coast. It 

 occurs in the salt-marshes on Long Island and New Jersey, and 

 ranges thence southward to Texas. 



(3) Tarache flavipennis Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 52, $ . 

 The habitat of this species is the Pacific coast. 



(4) Tarache lactipennis Harvey, Plate XXIX, Fig. 45, ? . 

 Not at all an uncommon species in Texas. 



(5) Tarache lanceolata Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 49, S . 

 This species, like the preceding, occurs in Texas. 



(6) Tarache sedata Henry Edwards, Plate XXIX, Fig. 53 6 . 

 The habitat of this insect is Arizona. 



(7) Tarache aprica Hiibner, Plate XXIX, Fig. 50, $ . 



The range of this species is from the valley of the Ohio south- 

 ward to Texas and westward to Colorado. 



(8) Tarache erastrioides Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 54, $ . 

 The moth is found in New England and Canada and south- 

 ward so far as West Virginia and Indiana. 



(9) Tarache virginalis Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 51, 9. 

 The habitat of the species is from Kansas to Arizona. 



(10) Tarache binocula Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 44, $ . 

 The range of this species is the same as that of the preceding. 



(11) Tarache libedis Smith, Plate XXIX, Fig. 55, $ . 

 The home of this insect is New Mexico and Colorado. 



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