Noctuidae 



Genus OPHIDERES Boisduval 



This is a large genus of remarkably showy insects, which are 

 more numerously found in the tropics of the Old World than in 

 the New. There are several very beautiful species which 

 are found in South America. Only one occurs sparingly as a 

 straggler into our fauna. It is now and then taken in Florida. 

 It is commoner in South America and is also found in Africa. 



(i) Ophideres materna Linnaeus, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 8, $ . 



Syn. hybrida Fabricius; calaminea Cramer. 



The insect is rare in Florida. 



Genus STRENOLOMA Grote 



(i) Strenoloma lunilinea Grote, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 9, $ . 



This fine moth is quite common in the valley of the Ohio, and 

 ranges from Pennsylvania southward and westward as far as 

 Missouri and the Gulf of Mexico. 



Genus CAMPOMETRA Guenee 



The species of this genus are principally found in the southern 

 and southwestern portions of our territory. 



(1) Campometra amella Guenee, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 8, 9 . 

 Syn. integerrima Walker; stylobata Harvey. 



The species ranges from Florida to Texas. 



(2) Campometra mima Harvey, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 9, $ . 

 The moth occurs from Colorado to Texas and Arizona. 



Genus TRAMA Harvey 



Three species are assigned to this genus in recent lists. 

 (i) Trama detrahens Walker, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 21, 3. 

 Syn. arrosa Harvey. 

 The habitat of this species is the Southern States. 



Genus MATIGRAMMA Grote 



A small genus, the species of which are southern, or south- 

 western, in their distribution. 



(i) Matigramma pulverilinea Grote, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 



11,9. 



The moth is found from Florida to Texas. 



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