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submedian fold. The apices and a space along external margin before 

 the angle pale. Lines lost ; the outer line can be made out waved, be- 

 low vein 3 ; on costa it appears outwardly oblique, even and double. A 

 dark discal dot. Hind wings faded fuscous, with faint mesial line. 

 Thorax faded olivaceous, stained with brownish on the edge of the tegu- 

 Ise and the metathoracic hairs. There are sometimes one or two dark 

 marks on subterminal field of primaries on the interspaces between sub- 

 median fold and vein 3. Male antennae pectinate at basal two-thirds, 

 tips simple. Female antennae simple. Beneath without markings ; the 

 males show a paler exterior shade cutting the fuscous ground color. 

 Costal preapical dots indicated. Expanse, 40 to 45 mil. New York; 

 Massachusetts, collected by Mr. Eoland Thaxter. 



Gortyna Harrisii, Grote. 



The larva of this species has been found in the stems of Heracleum 

 lanatum by Mr. Thaxter. 



I have commenced the manuscript of a second edition of my List of 

 the Koctuidae of North America, published in 1874, and the following is 

 an extract giving the first genera of the Noctuae nonfasciatae as far as 

 Apatela (Acronyota). There are many species unknown to me except by 

 name, and the hope that I shall find them and thus be able to present 

 a more accurate list delays my completion of the work. 



NOCTUAE Linn. 



NONFASCIATAE Borkli. 



DICOPTNAE. 



In this section are grouped genera with the head sunken, squamatioh 

 rough or thick, male antenna?, pectinate, legs unarmed except fore tibiae, 

 which have a stout claw, eyes naked, labial palpi short, ocelli present. 

 The species appear usually early in the year; the chrysalis hibernates. 



EUTOLYPE Grote. 



Rolandi Grote, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 198, 1874 ; Copipanolis ver- 

 nalis Morr. P. B. S. N. H. 133, Dec. 1874. Eastern States to Texas. 



Dicopis Grote. 



Muralis Grote 6th Ann. Eep. Peab. Acad. Sci. 27. Eastern States to 



Texas. 

 Thaxterianus Grote, Bull. B. S. N. S. 2, 196. Massachusetts; Tex. 

 Damalis Grote, Bull. TJ. S. Geol. Surv. 5, 208. California. 

 Depilis Grote, Papilio, 1, No. 4. Massachusetts ; Ohio. 



CoPiPANOLis Grote. 



CuUlis Grote, 6th Ann. Eep. Peab. Acad. Sci. 30. Eastern States to 

 Texas. 



