Noctuidae 



Genus RANCORA Smith 

 (i) Rancora solidaginis Behr, Plate XXV, Fig. 25, ? . 



Syn. strigata Smith. 



The range of this insect is from northern California to British 

 Columbia. 



Genus LATHOSEA Grote 



1 i ) Lathosea pullata Grote, Plate XXV, Fig. 32, i . 

 The species occurs in Oregon and eastward to Colorado. 



(2) Lathosea ursina Smith, Plate XXV, Fig. 31, ? . 



A native of Colorado and the southern portions of Wyoming. 



Genus ASTEROSCOPUS Boisduval 



We are able to give a cut of the sole 

 species which has been assigned from our 

 fauna to this genus. It is based upon 

 the type of the species which was named 

 borealis by Smith, and which is preserved 

 in the United States National Museum at _ 



..... ~, . FIG. 118. Asteroscopus 



Washington. The insect is a male. 



TRAGEDY OF THE NIGHT-MOTH 



Magna ausus 



'Tis placid midnight, stars are keeping 

 Their meek and silent course in heaven; 



Save pale recluse, for knowledge seeking, 

 All mortal things to sleep are given. 



But see ! a wandering Night-moth enters, 

 Allured by taper gleaming bright ; 



Awhile keeps hovering round, then ventures 

 On Goethe's mystic page to light. 



With awe she views the candle blazing; 



A universe of fire it seems 

 To moth-savante with rapture gazing, 



Or Fount whence Life and Motion streams. 



What passions in her small heart whirling, 

 Hopes boundless, adoration, dread; 



At length her tiny pinions twirling, 



She darts, and puff ! the moth is dead. 



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