Noctuidae 



(65) Catocala fratercula Grote & Robinson, Plate XXXV, 

 Fig. 4, 8 . (The Little Sister. ) 



Form jaquenetta Henry Edwards, Plate XXXV, Fig. 5, 8 . 



Form gisela Meyer, Plate XXXII, Fig. 21, ? . 



The species is very variable within certain limits, and is 

 widely distributed over the United States and Canada from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific. 



(66) Catocala olivia Henry Edwards, Plate XXXII, Fig. 14, 

 8 . (The Olivia Underwing.) 



The species is a native of Texas. 



(67) Catocala praeclara Grote & Robinson, Plate XXXV, 



Fig. 7. 3- 



The insect belongs within the more northern portions of the 

 Appalachian subregion. The specimen figured was taken in 

 Massachusetts. 



(68) Catocala grynea Cramer, Plate XXXV, Fig. 6, 8 . 



The moth is found from Canada to the Carolinas and westward 

 to the Mississippi. 



(69) Catocala alabamae Grote, Plate XXXII, Fig. 15, 9 . 

 The habitat of the species is, as indicated by the name, the 



state of Alabama. 



(70) Catocala gracilis Edwards, Plate XXXV, Fig. 8, ? . 

 (The Graceful Underwing.) 



The species occurs from Canada to the southern States on the 

 Atlantic seaboard and westward to the valley of the Ohio. 



(71) Catocala minuta Edwards, Plate XXXII, Fig. 17, 8. 

 (The Little Underwing.) 



The moth is indigenous in the Eastern and Middle States. 



(72) Catocala arnica Hiibner, Plate XXXII, Fig. 16, 8. 

 Form lineella Grote, Plate XXXII, Fig. 19, 8. 



Form nerissa Henry Edwards, Plate XXXII, Fig. 20, ? . 



This small species is subject to considerable variation. It has 

 a wide range from Ontario to Texas, and from the Atlantic to the 

 Great Plains. 



" Place and time requiring, let this insect fly. 

 It hovers round the wick with the wind of its wings the flame is 

 extinguished." Sudraka, The Mrichchakati, or, The Toy-cart. 



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