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Peridroma Logotype Noctua margaritosa Haw. 
1822, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 227. Includes saucia Hbn., aequa Hbn., idonea 
Cram., and suffusa Schiff. 
1889, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 380. Cites saucia as type and is followed by 
Smith (1890) and Grote (1895). 
1903, Ilampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 514. Cites margaritosa Haw. as type, 
of which saucia Hbn. is a synonym. 
Plata grotis Ortho type Noctua speciosa Hbn. 
1890, Smith, Bull. 38, U. S. N. M. 9. 
Pleonectopoda Orthotype Pleonectopoda lewisi Grt. 
1873, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. N. Sci. I, 136. 
Falls to Euxoa Hbn. 
Porosa grotis Logotype Mythimna vetusta Wlk. 
1890, Smith, Bull. 38, U. S. N. M. 11. Cites as type muraenula G. and R. which falls 
to vetusta Wlk. 
Falls to Agrotis Hbn. 
Praina Orthotype Praina radiata Schaus. 
1898, Schaus, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc. VI, 114. 
Probably a good genus according to male genitalia of radiata , which the writer exam- 
ined, owing to the kindness of Mr. W. Schaus. 
Pronoctua Orthotype Pronoctua typica Sm. 
1894, Smith, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. XXI, 44. 
Psaphara Orthotype Psaphara interclusa Wlk. 
1857, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. XI, 607. 
Probably a good genus and possibly Mexican; through the kindness of Mr. W. T. 
Tams, the writer saw a figure of the male clasper of interclusa; it seems closest 
to Diarsia Hbn., but possesses both pollex and corona. 
Pseudoglaea Orthotype Glaea olivata Harv. 
1876, Grote, Can. Ent. VIII, 18. Includes blanda Grt. and taedata Grt., the latter 
being merely a form of the first species. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 602. Cites blanda as type. 
1927, McDunnough, Can. Ent. LIX, 65. Cites olivata Harv. ( blanda Grt.) as type. 
Pseuporthosia Orthotype Pseudorthosia variabilis Grt. 
1874, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. N. Sci. II, 161. 
Pteroscia Orthotype Pteroscia atrata Morr. 
1874, Morrison, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. XVII, 155. 
Falls to Anomogyna Staud. 
Raddea Orthotype Raddea digna Alph. 
1892, Alpheraki, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. XXVI, 450. 
Rhyacia Logotype Ph. Noctua lucipeta Schiff. 
1822, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 209. Includes lucipeta Schiff. and birivia Schiff. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 153. Cites lucipeta as type. 
Warren’s usage of this genus in Seitz is far too extended and must be greatly curtailed. 
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