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Graphiphora Logotype Ph. Noctua c-nigrum Linn. 
1816, Ochsenheimer, Sehmett. Eur. IV, 68. Includes ravida Schiff., augur Fabr., baja 
Schiff., c-nigrum Linn., and many others. 
1840, Westwood, Intro. Mod. Class. Ins. Gen. Synop. 93. Cites c-nigrum as type. 
1889, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 382. Pseudotype, augur Fabr. 
1895, Grote, Ent. Rec. VI, 29. Pseudotype, gothica Linn, following Htibner’s 
Tentamen, 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 363. Pseudotype, ravida Schiff. 
1916, McDunnough, Ent. News XXVII, 396. Confirm’s Westwood’s citation. 
Hapalia Logotype Ph. Noctua praecox Linn. 
1822, Hubner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. 220. Includes praecox L., infecta Ochs., and mitis 
Hbn. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 514. Cites praecox as type. 
Preoccupied by Hapalia Hbn. (1818, Zutraege, No. 95) in the Pyralidae; Actebia 
Steph. may be used in its place. 
Hiptelia Logotype Noctua ochreago Hbn. 
1852, Guen£e, Sp. Gen. Lep. V, 399. Includes ochreago Hbn. and miniago Frey. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 593. Cites ochreago as type, 
Hiptelia will replace Xestia as used by Hampson and Warren with type ochreago 
Xestia Hbn. is a monotypical genus, erected 1818 (Zutraege, 16, Fig. 73 /4) for 
chloropha Hbn. and falls in the Heliothid group, outside the scope of the present 
sketch. 
Hiria Haplotype Ph. Noctua linogrisea Schiff, 
1844, Duponchel, Cat. Meth. Lep. Eur. 145. 
Falls to Epilecta Hbn. 
Lampra Haplotype Ph. Noctua fimbria Linn. 
1822, Hubner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. 221. 
Lycophotia Logotype Ph. Noctua porphyria Schiff. 
1822, Hubner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. 215. Includes porphyria Schiff., lidia Cram., 
cuprea Schiff., graminis Linn., and sannio Cram. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 514. Cites porphyria as type. 
The genotype, according to Pierce’s figure of the genitalia, lacks nearly all the char- 
acters of the Agrotid group. The generic concept Lycophotia, as used by Hamp- 
son, cannot, therefore, be maintained. 
Lytaea Haplotype Noctua sexstrigata Haw. 
1829, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. II, 107. Erected for umbrosa Hbn., which is a 
synonym of sexstrigata Haw. 
Very close to, if not identical with, Graphiphora Ochs. 
Matuta Haplotype Hadena tenebrifera Wlk. 
1874, Grote, Can. Ent. VI, 116. Erected for catherina Grt., which is a synonym of 
tenebrifera Wlk. 
1927, McDunnough, Can. Ent. LIX, 65. Sinks to Cerastis Ochs. 
Megasema Logotype Phalaena triangulum Hfn. 
1822, Hubner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. 222. Includes triangulum Hfn. ( rhomboidea Esp.) 
ditrapezium Schiff., c-migrum L. ; and two others. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 363. Cites triangulum as type. 
Falls to Graphiphora Ochs. 
