1883, | 167 (Grote, 
attached to the moth or bee that steals their sweets, in the genus Sara- 
cenia the leaves are eaten by the larva of Hueyra, the moths of which are 
afterwards caught in the trap which first helped them to exist. The in- 
sect first devours the plant, and then the tables are turned, and the plant 
catches the moth which eat its leaves as a caterpillar. The species of 
Heyra are all pretty, while 2. Rolandiana is one of the most beautiful of 
our smaller Noctuidae, in fact few equal it in depth and richness of color- 
ing. Prothymia coccinetfascia has beautiful waxy, red stripes on its yel- 
low wings, while for bright and elegant markings and high color few 
natural objects are as exquisite as Spragueia Leo and 8. Magnifica. The 
latter species, from Arizona, is even handsomer than the species of the 
Tineid genus ta, which these little Noctuide somewhat recall, TI have 
worked out the structure of Agrophila (Hrotyla), Spragueta and Xanthop- 
tera very fully in the pages of the “ Canadian Entomologist,’’ edited by 
my kind friend, Mr. Wm. Saunders. 
24. Hybleineg m. This group is tropical and is composed of singular- 
looking Noctuids, having tortriciform primaries, pointed apices, smoothly- 
haired thorax, with pointed palpi. The narrow wings and closely-haired 
body give the group a resemblance to the Acontiine. The hind wings are 
black and yellow, and in many features the group prepares us for such 
Catocaline forms as Hypocala. We have one species from Florida, Hy- 
blaa Puera Fabr., which has been apparently redescribed by Mr. Strecker 
as a new genus and species under the odd name of ‘‘_Wnigma Mirandum,”’ 
the genus being based on a ‘‘ very large number of subcostal nervules,”’ 
an impossible one where it is considered that the number of these veins 
is invariable. 
FERALIA Grote (1874). 
Type: Diphthera Jocosa Gruen. 
The eyes are small, naked, lashed. ‘The head is retracted and the palpi 
shorter than in Diphthera fallaa, which latter I regard as belonging to 
Diphthera as Hubner originally intended the genus. The male antenne 
are stoutly but shortly bipectinate throughout their length. I could not 
find ocelli, but Mr. Smith says they are small but present. The vestiture 
is very shaggy and hairy. The species varies by becoming suffused with 
black; the fore wings are green, and the female has them pale green with 
distinct black mesial bands and lunule beneath, 
1. F. Jocosa Guen. Noct. 1, 47; Grote, B. B. 8. N. 8. IL., 58 ', Can. 
Ent. XV., 28 @. Maine; N. York ; Canada. 
MOMAPHANA Grote, 
Type: M. Comstocki Grote. 
This genus is allied to Diphthera, the vestiture being similar, and the 
moth otherwise in markings and color resembling D. Fallaw. The male 
antenne are distinctly pectinate, however, and in this resembles Feralia, 
from which it differs by the less retracted head. The single species is so 
