NOCTUIDAE 663 



1312 E. fumalis Grt Essex Co; Rochester, Angle; Ithaca; Sharon; Schenectady; 



Albany. Originally described from NY. Late Jl-Aug. 

 1286 E. punctigera Wlk. "NY" (Hampson). In error for another black form? 

 1291 E. velleripennis Grt. Saranac L. ; E. Aurora {Wild); Ithaca; Schenectady; 



New Windsor; LI: Coram (Eng). Late Aug-Sep. 

 1486 E. scandens Rly. White Cutworm. Plattsburg; Peru; Essex Co; North 



Creek; Franklin Co; Little Falls; Evans Center; Schenectady; Albany. 



Jl. A cutworm, sometimes climbing. 

 1272 E. detersa Wlk. (pitychroits Grt.). Plattsburg; Peru; Fentons ; Buffalo ; 



Schenectady; Karner; Albany; SI; general on LI. This species favors 



sandy country. Late Aug-Oct. 

 1272b E. azif Strk. "NY." Another Strecker name, considered by B. & McD. a 



variety of detersa. 

 1318 E. bostoniensis Grt. Rochester, Angle; Buffalo; Ithaca; Karner; SI; LI: 



Wyandach, Scheveyer (Eng). Sep-Oct. 

 1304 E. messoria Harr. Dark-Sided Cutworm. This and the following four 



species are not certainly determinable without dissection, and the records 



are therefore tentative. Typical messoria is generally common, and an 



important cutworm. Jl-Sep. 

 1336 E. pleuritica Grt. "NY", type. 

 1304 E. friabilis Grt. Fentons, Hill (Lint). 

 1338 E. decolor Morr. (insulsa auct., verticalis Grt.). Karner; Schenectady; 



LI: Brooklyn. 

 1341 E. albipennis Grt. Fentons; Karner; LI: Newtown. 

 1329 E. tessellata Harr. Striped Cutworm. Common everywhere; usually 



recognizable by the yellow shoulders. Je-early Sep. 

 1363 E. ochrogaster Gn. Red-backed Cutworm. Peru ; Saranac L. ; Fentons ; 



Saratoga; LI: Mineola (NYS). This species is extremely variable 



and I have seen most of its forms from the State. Aug-Sep. 



1356 E. obeliscoides Gn. New Russia; Peru; E. Aurora {Wild); Ithaca; 



Sharon; Schenectady; Albany; Coeymans; Sullivan Co; Rhinebeck; 

 Bronxville; LI. Jl-Sep. 

 1353 E. divergens Wlk. Peru; Ithaca; Liberty. Jl-Aug. 



1357 E. redimicula Morr. Generally distributed, apparently commoner northward. 



Jl-Aug. 



POROSAGROTIS Smith 



1234 P. vetusta Wlk. Spotted-legged Cutworm. Plattsburg; Peru; Franklin 

 Co; Rochester; Schenectady; Albany; general on LI. Typically 

 associated with sandy country. A cutworm. Aug-Sep. 



1303 P. mimallonis Grt. Peru; Fentons; Karner. Aug. 



EUPANYCHIS Grote 

 1195 E. spinosae Gn. Rye; SI; LI: Amagansett. Late Aug-Sep. 



SCHINIA Hiibner 



1152 S. trifascia Hbn. Ithaca; Rhinebeck; Poughkeepsie ; Rye; SI; LI: 



Amagansett. Jl-Aug. 

 1163 S. nundina Dru. Gloversville ; Rhinebeck; New Windsor; Rye {Bird); 



Hastings (Joutel) ; SI; LI: Brooklyn; Pinelawn (Ds) ; Yaphank. 



Late Jl-Aug. On flowers of Solidago canadensis (Bird). 



