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VOL. XXII. 



LONDON, AUGUST, 1890. 



No. 8. 



THE NOCTUID^ OF EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA 



COMPARED. 



(Eig]ith and Last Paper.) 



BY A. R. GROTE, A. M., BREMEN, GERMANY. 



Tribe Catocalini. 



In this tribe the secondaries are oftenest gaily coloured (mostly yellow) 

 and banded, still subordinated to the primaries which show, more or less 

 adequately, the usual Noctuidous ornamentation. The abdomen is rarely 

 tufted. On account of the shape of the primaries, the form of the abdo- 

 men, the abdominal tuftings, the pattern of the wings beneath, the 

 approach to Ophideres, I regard the genus and species Euparthoios 

 iiubilis, Ann N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist, as entirely distinct from Catocala 

 sp. The most important genus is Catocala, in Europe with 22, in North 

 America with upwards of 100 species. A division of this genus on the 

 peculiarities of tibial armature (as I have suggested in Agrotis) was stated 

 to me as possible several years ago by Mr. Smith, and has more recently 

 been attempted by Mr. Hulst. I must think that his observations need 

 verifying, judging from his published opinions on the value of the forms 

 of Catocala, which I have shown to be in a number of instances incorrect. 

 The OphiderincR and Toxocamphice of my Check List are probably not to 

 be separated from this tribe, in which the anterior ventral feet of the 

 larvae are more or less incomplete. The genera become gradually 

 broader winged and concolorous as we approach the next tribe. 



Tribe Pheocymiiii. 



This comprises the Erebiince. of my Check List. The wings are 

 marked by rivulous lines crossing both pair and recalling the Spanner 



