NOCTUIDAE 659 



SUBFAMILY AGROTINAE 86 



EUERETAGROTIS Smith 



1597 E. sigmoides Gn. Plattsburg; Franklin Co; Evans Center; E. Aurora; 



Otto; Ithaca; McLean; Schenectady; Rye; LI: Great Neck. May; 

 Jl-Aug. A cutworm. 



1598 E. perattenta Grt. Peru; Mt. Marcy; Saranac Inn; Fentons ; Newcomb; 



Evans Center; Buffalo; E. Aurora; Debruce; McLean; Little Falls; 

 Sharon; Schenectady; SI. Je-Jl. 



1599 E. attenta Grt. Peru; Franklin Co; Saranac L. ; Ithaca; Karner. Jl. 



Cryptocala Benjamin 



1596 C. gilvipennis Grt. (Rhynchagrotis) . Plattsburg; Peru; Fentons; Ithaca 

 (Fbs). Jl-Aug. Grass. 



Lampra Hiibner87 

 (Rhynchagrotis Smith) 



1565 L. rufipectus Morr. Essex Co; Fentons; Franklin Co; Buffalo (Wild); 



Lancaster; Ithaca; LI: Richmond Hill (Bj) ; Yaphank. Jl-Aug. Grass. 



1566 L. brunneicollis Grt. Peru; Brant L. (Bj) ; Evans Center; Buffalo; Ithaca; 



Albany; Dutchess Co (Bj) ; Poughkeepsie ; SI; LI: Floral Pk. ; Flush- 

 ing, Richmond Hill, Yaphank (Bj). Je-Jl. 



1590 L. cupida Grt. LI: Yaphank (Bj). 



L. cupida var. brunneipennis Grt. Carmel; NYC (Bj) ; SI, Ds (Bj) ; LI: 

 Flatbush (Bj). Jl. 



1593 L. minimalis Grt. Albany; Poughkeepsie. 



1585 L. placida Grt. Fentons (type); Franklin Co (Bj) ; Rye (Bird); LI: 

 Jamaica; Yaphank. The specimens seen lack the median shade. 



1588 L. alternata Grt. Saranac L. ; Buffalo; Salamanca; Ithaca (Bj); Onteora 

 Mt. ; Schenectady; Karner, Hill (Bj) ; Hudson (Bj); SI; LI: Forest 

 Pk, Je-Oct. Oak, hickory, etc. 



Matuta Grotess 

 (Semiophora) 



1552 M. elimata Gn. Buffalo; Karner; Rye; LI: Yaphank. Sep. 



1552c M. janualis Grt. Franklin Co; Ulster Co; Schenectady; Karner; Albany; 



SI, Ds (Fbs) ; LI: Yaphank (Eng). Now considered a good species. 



Late Aug-Sep. 

 1420 M. opacifrons Grt. Karner. Aug-Sep. 



1553 M. tenebrifera Grt. Saranac L., McKnight; Ithaca; LI: Brooklyn. Ap-May. 

 1551 M. youngii Sm. Ulster Co, Aug (red phase). A cutworm, injurious in 



Canada. 



*® The members of this subfamily to Porosagrotis inclusive, are cutworms; the remainder are 

 feeders on flowers and seeds. 



'*' In this very difficult genus, records verified by Mr. Benjamin are marked with (Bj). All others 

 should be viewed with suspicion. 



'^ Mythimna oxalina Hbn. of Europe has been reported from Sharon Sps., undoubtedly in error. 



