Noctuidse 



species to which he applied the name pygmaea. It is found 

 from Florida to Texas along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. 



Genus PALTHIS Hubner 



Two species of the genus are found within the United States. 

 We figure both of them. 



(1) Palthis angulalis Hubner, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 25, 9. 

 Syn. aracinthusalis Walker. 



The insect is very common everywhere from Canada to the 

 Gulf of Mexico east of the Great Plains. 



(2) Palthis asopialis Guenee, Plate XLII, Fig. i, ? . 



The distribution of the species is the same as that of the 

 preceding. 



Genus CAPIS Grote 



(i) Capis curvata Grote, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 33, $ . 

 The insect is found in Maine, northern New York, and 

 Canada. It is the only species belonging to the genus. 



Genus SALIA Hubner 



Two species belonging to the genus are found within our 

 territory. We figure in the accompanying cut the type of one of 

 these, which received the specific name interpuncta at the hands 

 of Mr. Grote. 



FIG. 176. Salia interpuncta, $ . }. 



The moth is found from Massachusetts to Arizona. 



Genus LOMANALTES Grote 

 (i) Lomanaltes eductalis Walker. 



Syn. Ixtulus Grote. 



The figure of the moth which we give 

 was drawn for this book by Mrs. Beuten- 

 miiller of New York from a specimen 

 contained in the collections of the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 

 The insect ranges from Nova Scotia to 

 Minnesota and southward to New York and Pennsylvania 



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FIG. 177. Lomanalu 

 eductalis, $ . {. 



