Noctuidae 



Genus HORMISA Walker 



This is a small genus of which there are known to be four 

 species inhabiting our territory. We figure the two commonest 

 of these. 



(1) Hormisa absorptalis Walker, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 19, $ . 



Syn. nubilifascia Grote. 



The moth ranges from Canada to Virginia and westward to 

 Illinois. 



(2) Hormisa bivittata Grote, Plate XXXVII, Rig. 31, $. 

 The moth, which is not common in collections, is found from 



Quebec and Maine to Wisconsin and Iowa, and southward as far 

 as Pennsylvania and Ohio. 



Genus SISYRHYPENA Grote 



FIG. 171. Sisyrhypena orciferalis, $ . | 



(i) Sisyrhypena orciferalis Walker. 



Syn. pupillaris Grote; harti French. 



The figure which we give was drawn for this book from the 

 type of the species which is in the collection of Mr. Grote in the 

 British Museum. The insect occurs in the southern States. 



Genus PHILOMETRA Grote 



Three species are reckoned as belonging to this genus. We 

 give a figure of one of them. 



(i) Philometra m.etonalis Walker, Plate XXVII, Fig. 30, $ . 



Syn. goasalis Walker; longilabris Grote. 



The moth is found from Nova Scotia and the region of Hudson 

 Bay to Virginia and westward to Illinois. 



Genus CHYTOLITA Grote 



(i) Chytolita morbidalis Guenee, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 23, $ . 

 The moth is not at all uncommon in the Atlantic subregion. 



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