Noctuidae 



for purposes of illustration. The specific name mynesalis was 

 originally applied to the insect by Walker. Subsequently Grote 

 gave it the name lixalis. The cut hereto annexed was drawn 



Fig. 174. Tetanolita mynesalis, $ , j. 



from Walker's type, which is contained in the collections of the 

 British Museum. The moth ranges from Pennsylvania to Illinois 

 and southward to the Gulf of Mexico. 



Genus HETEROGRAMMA Guenee 

 (1) Heterogramma pyramusalis Walker, Plate XXX VII, 

 Fig. 26, 9 . 



Syn. gyasalis Walker; rurigena Grote. 



The species is found from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and 

 westward to the region of the Great Plains. It is the only species 

 in the genus. 



Genus GABERASA Walker 



(1) Gaberasa ambigualis Walker, Plate XLII, Fig. 2, 6" . 



Syn. bifidalis Grote; indivisalis Grote. 



The male moth has the fore wings bifid. Grote described the 

 female, which has not bifid wings, under the name indivisalis. 

 The moth occurs from Canada to Texas. 



Genus DIRCETIS Grote 



1 



Fig. 175. Dircetis pygmcea Grote, . 



There are two species of the genus which are found within 

 our borders. We give in the cut a figure of the type of Grote's 



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