Noctuidse 



Genus FRUVA Grote 



The species belonging to this genus are southern and south- 

 western in their distribution. Six are known. 



(i) Fruva apicella Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 56, ? . 



Syn. truncatula Zeller; accepla Henry Edwards. 



A very common species in the Gulf States. 



Genus SPRAGUEIA Grote 



A genus of small, but very attractively colored moths, which 

 requent the flowers of the Composite in the later summer. 



(1) Spragueia onagrus Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 57, $ . 



The moth occurs quite abundantly in southwestern Pennsyl- 

 vania and the valley of the Ohio, and ranges thence southwardly. 

 It is common on the blossoms of the golden-rod (Solidago.) 



(2) Spragueia plumbifimbriata Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 

 S8, 9. 



This modestly colored species is found in Texas. 



(3) Spragueia dama Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 59, $ . 

 Syn. trifariana Walker. 



This is a common species in the southern States. 



(4) Spragueia guttata Grote, Plate XXIX, Fig. 60, $ . 

 This pretty moth ranges from Texas to Costa Rica. 



Genus CALLOPISTRIA Hvibner 



(i) Callopistria floridensis Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 61, S . 

 As the name indicates, the species is from Florida. 



Genus METATHORASA Moore 



A genus represented in both hemispheres, and particularly 

 well in Asia. 



(i) Metathorasa monetifera Guenee, Plate XXIX, Fig. 62, 

 ?, 



A native of the Appalachian subregion, ranging from Canada 

 to Florida. Thus far it does not appear to have been reported 

 from any locality west of the Alleghany Mountains. I found it 

 one summer quite abundantly at Saratoga, New York. 



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