664 NOCTUIDAE 



1180 S. lynx Gn. Ithaca; Karner; Poughkeepsie ; Rye (Bird); Ramapo, Nyack 

 (Ds) ; SI; LI: E. Quogue (Ds) ; Orient, Lath; Amagansett, May-Aug. 



1192 S. arcigera Gn. Lancaster; Ithaca; Rhinebeck; NYC; SI; general on LI. 

 Aug-Sep. On flowers of Aster puniceus (Bird). 



Lygranthoecia Grote and Robinson 



1127 L. thoreaui G. & R. Rye; SI; LI: Brooklyn. Originally described from 



NY. Aug-Sep. 

 1130 L. marginata Haw. Rochester, Angle; Batavia; E. Aurora; Castile; Ithaca; 

 Sharon; Hebron, Wis; Schenectady and southward. Var. constricta 

 H. Edw. was taken at New Windsor; SI (Ds). Jl-Sep. In flower 

 head of Ambrosia elatior {Bird). 



1122 L. brevis Grt. Karner; Mosholu; Rye {Bird); NYC; SI; general on LI. 

 Aug 28-Sep 4. In flower head of Aster (Bird). 



1120 L. obscurata Strk. Rye, Jl 10 (Bird). 



RhodophorA Guenee 



1098 R. florida Gn. Evening Primrose Moth. Common and general in flowers 

 of Oenothera, the larvae eating the seed pods. Je-Aug. 



Chloridea Westwood 



1091 C. virescens Fab. Tobacco Budworm. Rye; SI; LI: Amagansett. Larvae 

 on flowers of tobacco and geranium (CU). 



Heliothis Ochsenheimer 9i 



1090 H. obsoleta Fab. {armiger Hbn.). Corn-Ear Worm. Vic. of Buffalo and 

 of NYC, and general and common on LI; in favorable years migrating 

 northward as far as Watertown, Lowville, Gloversville, and Glens 

 Falls. Je-Jl. An important fruit feeder, frequently injurious to corn 

 and tomatoes, and, in the South, to cotton. 



Melanoporphyria Grote 

 1076 M. immortua Grt. Karner; Albany. Je. 



Heliophana Grote 

 1054 H. bina Gn. "NY" (Lint). 



Heliolonche Grote 



1052 H. modicella Grt. There is a specimen of this, labeled "West Farms," in 

 the Angus Collection, probably in error. 



®^ H. phlogophagus var. luteitinctus Grt. is credited to NY by Gerhard, doubtless in error. Larva 

 on Grindelia. 



