Genus FELTIA Walker This is a considerable genus, represented by species in the northern portions of both hemispheres. (1) Feltia subgothica Haworth. (The Subgothic Dart.) Of this common species, which is found in the northern portions of the United States and also in Canada, and which likewise occurs in Europe, we give a figure on Plate XXII. We also have reproduced a cut of the species taken from Prof. C. V. Riley's First Missouri Report. The larva is one of the commonest cut-worms, found more abundantly, however, in the West than in the East. The species has a wide range over the northern portions of the United States and through southern Canada. (2) Feltia herilis Grote, Plate XXII, Fig. 20, 8. (The Master's Dart.) The insect ranges from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains. (3) Feltia gladiaria Morrison, Plate XXII, Fig. 19, 9. (The Swordsman Dart.) Syn. morrisoniana Riley. The distribution of this species is the same as that of the previous. (4) Feltia venerabilis Walker, Plate XXII, Fig. 26, 8. (The Venerable Dart.) Widely distributed throughout the United States. (5) Feltia vancouverensis Grote, Plate XXII, Fig. 42, 9. (The Vancouver Dart.) Syn. hortulana Morrison; semiclarata Grote; agilis Grote. I have given the above name to the specimen figured on the Plate as cited upon the authority of Prof. J. B. Smith, who has kindly examined the figure. The specimen came from Labrador. (6) Feltia volubilis Harvey, Plate XXII, Fig. 23, 9. (The Voluble Dart.) Syn. stigmosa Morrison. Found throughout our entire territory. (7) Feltia annexa Treitschke, Plate XXII, Fig. 28, 9. (The Added Dart.) Syn. decernens Walker. Found throughout the southern Atlantic and Gulf States and ranging into South America. (8) Feltia malefida Guenée, Plate XXII, Fig. 32, 9. (The Rascal Dart.) This species has the same range as that of the last mentioned form. Genus POROSAGROTIS Smith Eleven species are assigned by Dr. Dyar in his Catalogue to this genus. As representatives of these we have chosen five for illustration. (1) Porosagrotis vetusta Walker, Plate XXII, Fig. 25, 8. (The Old Man Dart.) Syn. murænula Grote & Robinson. This pale-colored species extends in its range from the Atlantic to Colorado. (2) Porosagrotis fusca Boisduval, Plate XXII, Fig. 31, 9. (The Fuscous Dart.) Syn. septentrionalis Moeschler; patula Walker. The specimen figured was taken at Nain, Labrador. The insect is said also to occur in the Rocky Mountains. (3) Porosagrotis tripars Walker, Plate XXII, Fig. 24, 8; Fig. 37, 9. (The Tripart Dart.) Syn. worthingtoni Grote. The specimens figured came from Colorado. (4) Porosagrotis rileyana Morrison, Plate XXII, Fig. 33, 9. (Riley's Dart.) This species is spread from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains. (5) Porosagrotis dædalus Smith, Plate XXII, Fig. 29, 8. (The Dædalus Dart.) The insect is peculiar to the region of the Rocky Mountains. Genus EUXOA Hübner This great genus, including nearly two hundred species, which are found in the region, with which this book deals, has in recent years been ranged under the name Carneades after the teaching of Grote, but as Carneades, which was erected by Bates, includes a different concept, this name was abandoned by Dr. Dyar, and the name Paragrotis Pratt was substituted for it. This name, however, must yield to the older name proposed by Hübner, and which we have adopted at the suggestion of Prof. J. B. Smith. (1) Euxoa quadridentata Grote & Robinson, Plate XXII, Fig. 30, . (The Four-toothed Dart.) This insect is distributed from Colorado to Oregon. (2) Euxoa brevipennis Smith, Plate XXII, Fig. 27, 9. (The Short-winged Dart.) The range of this species is the same as that of the preceding. (3) Euxoa olivalis Grote, Plate XXII, Fig. 34, ♂. (The Olive Dart.) The species occurs in Colorado and Utah. (4) Euxoa flavidens Smith, Plate XXII, Fig. 38, 8. (The Yellow-toothed Dart.) This moth is spread through the region of the Rocky Mountains from Colorado to northern Mexico. The specimen. figured came from the Sierra Madre of Chihuahua. It has been compared with the type in the National Museum at Washington. (5) Euxoa perpolita Morrison, Plate XXII, Fig. 36, 8. (The Polished Dart.) It ranges from the States of the northern portion of the Atlantic Subregion to the mountains of Colorado. (6) Euxoa velleripennis Grote, Plate XXII, Fig. 35, 8. (The Fleece-winged Dart.) It has the same range as the preceding species. It may at once be distinguished from it by its slighter build, and by the whiter hind wings. (7) Euxoa detersa Walker, Plate XXII, Fig. 39, 8. (The Rubbed Dart.) Syn. pityochrous Grote; personata Morrison. A pale and inconspicuously colored insect, which has the same distribution as the two preceding species. (8) Euxoa messoria Harris, Plate XXII, Fig. 40, 8. (The Reaper Dart.) EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXII (Except when otherwise indicated the specimens figured are con tained in the collection of W. J. Holland.) . . 1. Noctua c-nigrum Linnæus, 8. Noctua lubricans Guenée, ♂. 14. Noctua clandestina Harris, 9. 15. Chorizagrotis introferens Grote, 우. 16. Rhizagrotis proclivis Smith, 9. 17. Chorizagrotis balanitis Grote, 3. 22. Chorizagrotis inconcinna Harvey, . . 23. Feltia volubilis Harvey, 31. Porosagrotis fusca Boisduval, 32. Feltia malefida Guenée, Q. 33. Porosagrotis rileyana Morrison, 오. 34. Euxoa olivalis Grote, ♂. 35. Euxoa velleripennis Grote, ♂. 36. Euxoa per polita Morrison, ♂. 37. Porosagrotis tripars Walker, ♂. 38. Euxoa flavidens Smith, ♂. 39. Euxoa detersa Walker, ♂. 40. Euxoa messoria Harris, ♂. 41. Hadena semilunata Grote, ♂. 42. Feltia vancouverensis Morrison, . 18. Noctua havila Grote, ♂. |