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Rhynchaorotis Orthotype Noctua cvpida Grt. 
1890, Smith, Bull. 38, U. S. N. M. 9. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 648. Pseudotype, gilvipennis Grt. 
1927, McDunnough, Can. Ent. LIX, 65. Doubts correctness of Benjamin’s action in 
sinking to Lampra Hbn. 
Rich i a Orthotype Agrotis chortalis Harv. 
1887, Grote, Can. Ent. XIX, 44. 
Scotia Logotype Ph. Noctua cinerea Schiff, 
1822, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 226. Includes obscura Hbn., tenebrosa Hbn., 
umbrosa Hbn,, and cinerea Schiff. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 153. Cites as type cinerea Schiff., of 
which obscura Hbn. is a synonym. 
Falls to Agrotis judging by Pierce’s figure of the male genitalia (Plate XVI). 
Scotophila Haplotype Ph. Noctua porphyria Schiff. 
1829, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. Ill, 18. 
Falls to Lycophotia Hbn. 
Segetia Logotype Ph. Noctua xanthographa Schiff. 
1829, Stephens, III. Brit. Ent. Haust. II, 153. Includes xatUhographa Schiff. and 
negleda Hbn. 
1840, Westwood, Intro. Mod. Class. Ins. Gen. Synop. 94. Cites xanthographa as type. 
Falls to Graphiphora Ochs. 
Setagrotis Orthotype Setagrotis planifrons Sm. 
1890, Smith, Bull. 38, U. S. N. M. 9. 
Sora Haplotype Ph. Noctua leucographa Schiff. 
1859, Heinemann, Schmett. Deutsch. I, xvii, 459. 
Spaelotis Logotype Ph. Noctua ravida Schiff. 
1840, Boisduval, Gen. et Ind. Meth. 106. Includes augur Fabr., ravida Schiff., and 
many others, divided into seven sections. 
1889, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 38L Cites ravida as type. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 364. Pseudotype, augur Fabr. 
Telmia Logotype Phalaena cursoria Hfn. 
1822, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 227. Includes sagitta Hbn., spinula Hbn., and 
exigua Hbn. 
1903, Hampson, Cat. lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 153. Cites as type cursoria Hfn., of 
which sagitta is a synonym. 
Falls to Euxoa Hbn. 
Trichosilia Haplotype Noctua acarnea Sm. 
1928, Hampson, Nov. Zool. XXV, 112. 
Trifhaena Logotype Ph. Noctua pronuba Linn. 
1816, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Europ. IV, 69. Includes interjecta Hbn., subsequa 
Schiff., pronuba Linn., and six others. 
1829, Duponchel, Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. IV, 71. Cites pronuba as type and is followed 
by Gurtis (1831), Westwood (1840), and Grote (1902). 
1903, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal. Brit. Mus. IV, 622. Pseudotype, interjecta Hbn., 
which is followed by Warren in Seitz. 
From a perusal of the above list of genera it is at once evident that 
there are a large number of valid generic names available for use, a good 
proportion of which (notably those created by Hiibner) are based on 
