560 William T. M. Forbes 



44. PERISPASTA Zeller 



(Pionea, in part) 



Similar to Pyrausta; fore wing in male with R 5 divergent from R 3+4 , running 

 through the middle of a large hyaline patch beyond the cell, M t in male below 

 the hyaline patch, near lower angle of cell; in female from middle of end of 

 cell; fore wing falcate. 



1. P. caeculalis Zeller. Dark fuscous, with a faint excurved and sinuous darker 

 postmedial line; fringe white in notch; hind wing nearly concolorous, with 

 faint postmedial line and fringe white toward apex. 



Not common. June to August. 



Quebec and New Jersey to Manitoba, Colorado, and Texas. " New York " 

 (Grote). 



I have taken this species within two miles of the New York boundary, at 

 Ramsey, New Jersey. 



45. CINDAPHIA Lederer 



(Phlyctamia, in part) 



Similar to Pyrausta; fore wing subfalcate; abdomen rather long. Hind tibiae 

 of male much swollen, with both outer spurs reduced; mid-tibise slender. 



1. C. bicoloralis Guenee. Orange; outer two-fifths brown, the boundary marked 

 by the sinuous darker brown postmedial line. Hind wing similar. 18 mm. 

 (H 47:40.) 



May and June; late July to September. 



Generally distributed. New York : Lancaster, Ithaca, Big Indian Valley, Albany, 

 Rhinebeck, Poughkeepsie, New Windsor, New York City. 



46. PBLYCTMNIA Hiibner 

 {Pionea Guenee; TJdea Guenee) 



Similar to Pyrausta; palpi usually longer (fig. 343); middle tibiae iisually 

 swollen ; hind tibiae usually with upper outer spurs rudimentary. 



The genus is hardly distinct from Pyrausta. For key to species see Pyrausta. 



* Upper outer spur of hind tibia much reduced. 



1. P. ferrugalis Hiibner (Celery leaf tier). Palpi twice as long as head. Hind 

 tibia with upper outer spur obsolete. Dull light brown, sometimes reddish, or 

 dusted with black; orbicular a slightly darker circle, reniform an hourglass-shaped 

 spot; postmedial line parallel to outer margin from R 3 to Cu>, somewhat offset 

 in on Ri, and deeply looped in on Cu 2 and fold; with fine dark terminal dots and 

 a double gray line in fringe. Hind wing much paler; fuscous toward outer 

 margin, with a fuscous bar on upper half of discocellular; a spot on crossvein 

 m-cu, distincter below, and a fine dark gray postmedial line. 18 mm. {rubigalis 

 Guenee). 



Common all the year. Larva transparent green, with a white subdorsal stripe, 

 and a pair of black spots on cervical shield. Head and tubercles pale. A general 

 feeder on herbs, often injurious in greenhouses. Several broods. 



Massachusetts to Missouri and south. New York : Rochester, Brockport, Buffalo, 

 Crosby (Yates County), Ithaca, Big Indian Valley, Albany, Pearl River, New 

 Windsor. 



2. P. acutella Walker. Straw color, somewhat shaded with pinkish, broadly 



