NOCTUIDAE 639 



ACHATODES Guenee 



A. zeae Harr. Plattsburg; Fentons ; Geneva (NYS) ; E. Aurora; James- 

 town; Golden; Evans Center; Buffalo; Ithaca; McLean; Trenton Falls; 

 Rye (Bird); SI; LI: Brooklyn; Jamaica; Orient, Lath. Jl-Aug. 

 Bores in elder. 



Apamea Ochsenheimer 

 {Hydroecia) 



A. u-album Gn. "NY" (Sm, Neumoegen). 



A. velata Wlk. Peru; Essex Co; Fentons; Keene (Wild) ; Clayton; Geneva; 

 Evans Center ; Buffalo ; E. Aurora ( Wild) ; Castile, Brad ; Ithaca ; Mc- 

 Lean ; Binghamton ; Big Ind. Val. ; Onteora Mt. ; Schenectady ; Albany ; 

 New Windsor; Sullivan Co (Ds) ; Florida; Durlandville ; Katonah; 

 Bronxville; Rye; SI; LI: Orient, Oct 30, Lath. Je-early Aug. Bores 

 in Carex (Bird) ; recorded also from anemone, but this is undoubtedly 

 an error (Bird). 



A. nictitans Borkh. Common throughout the State. The var. erythrostigma 

 Haw. is also common and general. End of Jl-Sep. "Grass" (in 

 Europe). The larvae probably work at roots of grass, or, more likely, 

 of some sedges (Bird). 



A. erepta ryensis Bird. Rye, Je 25-Jl 6 (Bird). Tripsacum dactyloides 

 (Bird). 



Helotropha Lederer 



2636 H. reniformis Grt. Essex Co; Fentons; Buffalo (Wild) ; Lancaster; Ithaca; 

 Oneonta; Sharon; Schenectady; Rye (Bird); SI. The var. atra Grt. 

 is dominant southward: Saranac L. ; Rochester (Angle); Lancaster; 

 Seneca L. ; Ithaca; Sharon; Schenectady; Albany; SI; LI: Delhaven ; 

 Yaphank. Jl-Sep. Probably on Iris. 



2634 H. caduca Grt. (Erastria). Rye. Nuphar. 



2635 H. retis Grt. (Erastria). "NY" (Barnes Coll.), Jl 2. 



Xylomoea Staudinger 

 X. chagnoni B. & McD. Ithaca (CU), Aug. 



Menopsimus Dyar 



2513 M. caducus Dyar. Peru; Mt. Marcy, trail; Adirondack Lodge; E. Aurora 

 (Wild) ; Portage ; Ithaca ; McLean ; Trenton Falls ; Big Ind. Val. Our 

 smallest noctuid. Probably general but overlooked. May-Sep. 



MONODES Guenee 

 (OHgia) 



2608 M. festivoides Gn. Peru; Adirondack Lodge; Evans Center; Rock City; 

 Portage; Ithaca; Big Ind. Val.; Onteora Mt, How; SI; LI: Wood- 

 haven; Amagansett; Yaphank. May-Jl. 



2607 M. chalcedonia Hbn. Reported from: Saranac L. ; Lancaster; Buffalo. I 

 have seen no specimens from the north, and suspect the records are 

 based on brilliant individuals of the preceding. May-Je. 



