620 NOCTUIDAE 



Metalectra Hubner 72 

 {Homopyralis Grote) 



M. praecisalis Hbn. LI: Lynbrook, Je 16. 



3478 M. praecisalis discalis Grt. Saranac L. ; Evans Center ; Lancaster ; Ithaca ; 



Catskills; Karner; Albany; Rye; SI; LI: Woodhaven, Je-Jl ; Sep. 



3479 M. contracta Wlk. (tactus Grt.). Fentons ; Newcomb ; Clayton; Buffalo; 



Otto ; Ithaca ; Catskills ; Newport ; Schenectady ; Florida ; Rhinebeck ; 

 Rye; NYC; SI; LI: Lynbrook; Great Neck; Yaphank. Late 

 May-Aug. 



MeLANOMMA Grote 

 3474 M. auricinctaria Grt. Rhinebeck; LI: Brooklyn; Glendale. Jl. Huckle- 

 berry and Cephalanthus. 



SpARGALOMA Grote 

 (Hyamia Walker) 



3472 S. sexpunctata Grt. Plattsburg; Peru; Crosby; Ithaca; Karner; Pough- 



keepsie ; Rye ; SI. Je~Aug. 



3473 S. perditalis Wlk. Buffalo; Catskills; Rhinebeck; SI, Ap, Jl (Ds) ; LI: 



Brooklyn. Cephalanthus. 



PanGRAPTA Hiibner 



3471 P. decoralis Hbn. Saranac L. ; Fentons ; Minnewaska ; Crosby ; Ithaca ; Mc- 

 Lean; Karner; Albany; Rye; SI; general on LI. May-Aug. 



OXYCILLA Grote 

 3467 O. malaca Grt. SI, Je (Ds). 



Phytometra Haworth 

 (Prothymia Hiibner) 



3459 P. rhodarialis Wlk. Buffalo. Aug. 



3460 P. semipurpurea Wlk. Rhinebeck; Katonah; Rye; Mosholu ; Woodbury 



(CU) ; SI, Jl, Fulda (Ds) ; LI: Amagansett; Yaphank. Jl-Sep. 



Pleonectyptera Grote 



3445 P. pyralis Hbn. Rye ; LI. Form geometralis Grt. is reported by Smith from 



Lahaway, N. J. 

 3449 P. habitalis Wlk. "N. Y." (Sm) ; Ithaca (Benjamin). 



Mycterophora Hulst 



3441 M. slossoniae Hulst. Big Ind. Val. Jl. The members of this genus are 

 generally mistaken for geometers. 



''2 Caterpillars of this genus have been reported as living in rotten wood. 



