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II. A LIST OF TIHE NOCTUID1E OF WISCONSIN.
BY P. R. Hoy, M. D.
The moths of this large family may be known by their stout bodies, their
rather narrow upper wings and broad secondaries. The palpi are well devel-
oped, the antennia simple, rarely slightly pectinate. They all fly in the
night,
and are attracted by light. Their love of sweets enables us to attract them
to
their destruction. The larvae of the Noctuidee are smooth, or only slightly
hairy. Many are very injurious to trees and plants. Several species of army
worms, and a host of cut-worms belong to this section.
The moths of the three closely allied genera, Agrotis, Hadena, and Mamestra,
are especially interesting to all, in consequence of their depredations on
culti-
vated plants.
In order to enable almost anyone to know these moths, I append Grote's con-
cise analysis of these genera. They differ as follows:I "Eyes naked,
without
lashes; thorax without dirvided dorsal, longitudinal, or posterioz scale
tufts; ab-
domen untufted; middle and hind tibias always, fore tibia sometimes, with
spines. AGROTIS.
"Eyes naked, without lashes. Thorax with divided dorsal, longitudinal,
and
posterior tufts; abdomen more or less distinctly tufted, all the tibia unarmed.
HADENA.
" Eyes hairy; thorax with dorsal and posterior tufts; abdomen more or
less
distinctly or entirely tufted. All the tibia unarmed."' MAMESTRA.


NoCTu )-BOZMBYCINI. Boisd.
BOMBYCIA. Hiubn.
Bumbycia caniplaga. Walk.
LEPTINA. Guen.
Leptina dormitans. Guen.
PSEUDOTHYATIRA. Grote.
Pseudothyatira cymato p ho r oi d e s.
Guen.
P. expultrix. Grote.
THYATMA. Oclhs.
Thyatira pudens. Grote.
NOCTUA. Linn.
RAPHIA. Efibn.
Raphia frater. Grote. Racine, Wescott.
CHARADRIA. Walk.
Charadra devidens. Guen.
MOMA. Hibn.
Momla Orion. Esper. Racine, Geo.
Thomas.
M. falax. Herr.


ACRONYCTA. Ochs.
Acronycta tritona. Hflbn.
A. occidentalis. Gr. & Rob.
A. morula. Gr. & Rob.
A. lobeliae. Guen.
A. lepusculina. Guen.
A. inotata. Guen.
A. Americana. Harris.
A. euteicorna. Gr. & Rob.
A. brumoso. Guen.
A. superans. Guen.
A. Clarescens. Guen.
A. ovata. Grote.
A. hamamelis. Guen.
A. noctivega. Grote.
A. dissecta. Gr. & Rob.
A. oblinita. Sm. & Abb.
A. Harveyana. Grote.
JASPIDEA. Hitbn,
Jaspidea lepidula. Grote.
J. palliatricula. Guen.
J. fragilis. Guen.
J. diphteroides. Guen.
J. lepidrela. Grote.
LITHOCODIA. Hubn.
Lithocodia bellicula. Hfibn.