Noctuid* 



and southern Texas. It is a very abundant species in Mexico 

 and South America. 



Genus EPIZEUXIS Hubner 



This is a genus of considerable size. 

 The larvae feed upon dried leaves for the 

 most part. Eleven species are attributed 

 to our fauna, five of which we figure. 



(i) Epizeuxis americalis Guenee. 



Syn. scriptipennis Walker. 



The range of this insect is from Can- 

 ada to Texas east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. It is exceedingly common in the 

 woods of the Appalachian subregion, 

 and is one of the moths which are most 



FIG. 1 68. Epize uxis commonly attracted to sugar. Thelifehis- 

 amencalis. a. Larva en- * 



larged; b, Dorsal view of tory has been well ascertained, and has 



larval segment ;c. Lateral t> een entertainly described by Professor C. 



view of do. ; d, Cremaster .._,.. 



of pupa. (After Riley, V. Riley in the Fourth Volume of " Insect 

 "Insect Life," Vol. IV, L jf e> T ne reader is re f er red to the ac- 

 count there given for fuller details. 



(2) Epizeuxis scmula Hubner. 



Syn. mollifera Walker; herminioides 

 Walker; effusalis Walker; concisa Walker. 



The range and the habits of this 

 species are very much the same as 

 those of the last mentioned species. 

 Like it, the insect is also very frequent 

 at sugar, and on a warm summer 

 night, in the forests of southern 

 Indiana, I have seen as many as twenty 

 of these moths at one time, congre- 

 gated about a spot on the trunk of a 

 tree, which had been moistened with 

 beer in which sugar had been dis- 

 solved. 



FIG. 169. Epizeuxis 

 cemula. a, Larva enlarged; 

 b, Segment of larva viewed 

 (9) Epizeuxis lubricalis Geyer, laterally; c, do. viewed dor- 



* sally; d, Tip of pupa; e, 



Moth. (After Riley," Insect 

 Life," Vol. IV, p. no.) 



ni wvtni c- 



Plate XXXVII, Fig. 29, ?. 



Syn. ph(zal-isGuen6e; surrectalis Walker. 

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