LEPIDOPTERA OP NEW YORK AND NEIGHBORING STATES 541 



New York: Portage, Ithaca, New 



Connecticut to Illinois, Florida, and Texas. 

 Windsor, Riverdale, Bronxville. 



,lnL?V P i^Ti? 8 ,i W * lker ' BaSe ^ nd uter mar S in more v enly chocolate brown- 

 dorsal half of hind wing more evenly dusted with black, the tufts weaker Mareina 

 line cut by five or six black spots, and with a series of black dots on the veins 

 along its inner edge. 20 mm. (principialis Walker.) 



July and August. 



Central Illinois to North Carolina and south. 



Subfamily PYRAUSTIN^E 



Head smooth; ocelli present. Male antenn.ne normal with a few exceptions (the 

 most striking ones in our fauna are Pilocrocis and Desmia). Front very often 

 oblique (fig. 344, etc.), extending out 

 below, in a few genera conical (fig. 339), 

 and in some western and exotic forms with 

 a specialized process. Tongue strong, 

 scaled; maxillary palpi small but distinct, 

 rarely if ever as long as second segment 

 of labial palpi. Labial palpi of various 

 shapes (figs. 326 to 344), usually with 

 short third joint. A distinct row of scales 

 between antennal socket and eye. Hind 

 tibiae sometimes with the outer spurs in 

 the male rudimentary. Fore wing usually 

 triangular, ample, " rarely as bluntly 

 rounded as in the Glaphyriinae. narrow 

 in Nomophila (fig. 323). ' Hind wing of 

 moderate size, ample in Nomophila. Fore 

 wing with Rj and R, free, R 3 and 



FlG. 345. HYMENIA PERSPECTALIS 



Seta map of larva 



stalked except in a couple of exotic genera; R 5 free, often approximate to R 3+4 at 

 the base, Mj approximate to R 5 . Hind wing with Sc and R anastomosing except in 

 some specimens of Loxostegopsis (fig. 325) and a few exotic forms; M\ arising from 

 upper angle of cell; Cu with a very slight fringe at base, or none; frenulum of 

 female multiple. All veins present in both wings. 



This is the largest and the most varied subfamily of Pyralididse, but very few 



FIGS. 320-344 PYRAUSTIN^E 

 (See opposite page for figures) 



320, Desmia funeralis, <$, venation; 321, Glyphodes unionalis (Europe), venation; 

 322. BJepharomastix stenialis, venation; 323, Nomophila noctuella, venation; 324, 

 Pyrausta insequalis, venation; 325, Loxostegopsis polle, venation; 326, Hymenia 

 fascialis, side view of head; 327, Desmia funeralis, side view of head; 328, Samea 

 ecclesialis, side view of head; 329, Pantograpta limata, side view of head; 330, 

 Glyphodes quadristigmalis, side view of head; 331, G. hyalinata, side view of 

 head; 332, Blephuromastix stenialis, side view of head; 333, Pilocrocis ramentalis, 

 side view of head; 334, Diastichtis argyralis, side view of head; 335, Evergestis 

 straminalis, side view of head; 336, Hellula undalis, side view of head; 337, Titanio 

 pollvnalis, side view of head; 338, Nomophila noctuella, side view of head; 339, 

 Loxostege obliteralis, side view of head ; 340, Tholeria rerersalis, side view of head ; 

 341, Crocidophorv, serratissimalis, side view of head; 342, Autocosmia (?) helian- 

 thales. side view of head; 343, Phlyctcenin ferrugalis, side view of head; 344, 

 Pyrausta pertextalis, seta map of larva. 



