A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



DOBREE COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN 

 NOCTUAE. 



DRAWER I. 



Habrosyne (Gonophora) derasa Linn. 



4540 Beverlej^ bred 1880 f. 

 4536 „ „ t- 



4538 „ „ t- 



— [Wings at rest]. 

 ♦5456a Germany, 1883 ((Staudinger). 

 *5456 

 ♦5650 London, x. 1884 (Russell). 



White spots on segments 5 and 6, but not on segment 

 7 ; that on segment 5 is the larger. 

 5061 Blagoweschtschensk, Amurland, 1882 (Staudinger). 



Var. derasoides Bull. A very fine variety, giving 

 the impression of being a distinct species. With one 

 I exception all the white markings have become 



purplish-grey ; the slope of first line altered, so that 

 it meets the inner margin at its middle ; the white 

 stripe along the hind margin almost obsolete, and 

 the white basal streak contracted into a conspicuous 

 white spot. 

 6389 Nicolajefsk, Amurland, 1881-1886 (Graeser's expedition), -v 

 6388 „ „ „ „ „ I 



6251 Amurland, 1886 (Staudinger). C 



6252 „ „ „ I 



Var. intermedia Brein. Slightly tending to var. 

 derasoides in that the white markings are tinged 

 with pink, but otherwise typical. 



Thyatira batis Linn. 



635 Forres vii. 1872 (Norman). 

 2417 Molescroft, E. Yorks., vi. 1875 f. ^ 

 118 Wolsingham, ix. 1871 (Pickard). / 



A very slight trace of the usual pink tinge. 



4532 Beverley, bred 1880 f. 



4533 ,, „ t- 



4535 North of Ireland, 1889 (Salvage's expedition). 



The usual pink tinge entirely absent, as in Barrett. 

 Plate 116, fig. 2b. 



6369 Nicolajefsk, Amurland, 1881-1886 (Graeser's expedition). ^ ~| 



6370 „ „ „ „ „ $ / 



A second small, white spot above the large spot in 

 anal angle. So also in 4535. 



— [Wings at rest]. 

 *5i8i Germany, 1882 (Staudinger). 

 ♦5259 Saxony, 1883 ,, 

 ♦4981 Germany, 1881 (Kricheldorff). 



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