EXPLANATORY NOTES. 



1. f placed after the data of a specimen denotes that the captor or breeder 



was Mr. Dobree himself. 



2. * denotes a larva. 



3. Where specimens are bracketed together, the description which follows 



applies to each of those within the bracket. 



4. Where no bracket occurs, a description applies onlj^ to the one preceding 



specimen. 



5. Specimens of which no description is given are type specimens, according 



to the definitions given in Tutt's ' British Noctuae and their Varie- 

 ties ' for species occurring in Britain, and in Kirby's ' Butterflies 

 and Moths of Europe ' for species of purely Continental habitat. 



6. In Continental species where sexual difference is markedly noticeable the 



sex of the specimens is shown. This is shown also in the case of the 

 rarer varietal and aberrational forms, especially those from the 

 Eastern Palaearctic Region. 



7. Where a specimen is not in good ' cabinet condition,' that fact is noted 



within square brackets. 



8. The names of species of purely American habitat are enclosed within 



square brackets. 



9. Throughout the Catalogue the use of the unnecessary digraphs se and ce 



has been avoided, in accordance with the practice adopted by 

 German and American entomologists. 



