654 NocTuiDAfc 



SUBFAMILY HADENINAE 



(Mamestrinae) 



Leucania Ochsenheimer 



(Heliophila Hiibner) 



1972 Lr. pallens luteopallens Sm. Common throughout the State. Late May-Sep. 

 Grass. 



Neleucania Smith 



{Leucania, Heliophila) 



1959 N. albilinea auct. I have seen but one dark specimen from the State such as 

 those which Smith considered typical of albilinea, from Yorktown. Speci- 

 mens with dark hind wings have been seen from : Peru ; Clayton ; Albany ; 

 New Windsor; SI; LI: Brooklyn. They are probably merely a variety 

 of the next species. May-early Je; Jl-Aug. Grass. 



1959a N. diffusa Wlk. Wheat-head Army Worm. Has been seen from: Wad- 

 dington; Perry; E. Aurora; Gowanda; Ithaca; Sharon; Albany; New 

 Windsor; Katonah;.SI; LI: Amagansett; Orient, Lath. Will probably 

 prove common wherever looked for. May-early Je; Jl-Aug. Grass. 



BOROLIA Moore 



(Leucania, Heliophila) 



1955 B. flabilis Grt. LI: Glen Cove. Jl-Sep. 



1957 B. linita Gn. (extincta Sm., not Gn.). "NY". May, Jl-Aug. A coastal 

 species. 



CiRPHIS Walker 84 



(Leucania, Heliophila) 



1950 C. unipuncta Haw. Army Worm. Very common everywhere. Throughout 

 the entire season. 



1933 C. pseudargyria Gn. Common from the Adirondacks to Buffalo and LI. 



Je-Sep, with stragglers till Nov; two broods, the second dwarfed. 

 1941 C. insueta Gn. General, but less common than other species. May; Jl-Aug. 



1934 C. multilinea Wlk. Peru; Fentons; Honeoye Falls; E. Aurora; Buffalo; 



Rock City ; Ithaca ; Schenectady ; Karner ; Albany ; Cropseyville ; 

 Rhinebeck; Poughkeepsie ; Katonah; SI; LI: Amagansett. Je-Sep. 



1935 C. commoides Gn. Plattsburg; Newcomb; N. Creek; Essex Co; Peru; 



Fentons ; Clayton ; Rochester ; Lewiston ; Buffalo ; E. Aurora ; Otto ; 

 Castile ; Ithaca ; Onteora Mt. ; Liberty ; Debruce ; Utica ; Little Falls ; 

 Sharon ; Schenectady ; Karner ; Albany ; Rhinebeck ; Poughkeepsie ; 

 Katonah. Je-Sep. 



1936 C. phragmatidicola Gn. General throughout the State; easily confused with 



C. multilinea. May-early Oct. 



^* The larvae in this genus are cutworms feeding normally on grasses, and become army worms 

 only when abundant. 



