62 



Noctua florida Schmidt. 



6034 Saxony, 1885 (Staudinger). 5 

 ^033 „ „ „ (? 



Noctua punicea Huh. 



4843 Germany, 1880 (Staudinger). 

 1878 



4041 

 4042 

 •=5464 



*5462 



1883 

 Pale reddish-brown. 

 Germany, 1880 (Staudinger). 

 Dark purplish-brown. 



[Half grown]. 



Recorded as ' var. obscura/ 

 [Neither of these agrees with Kirby's description of 

 the larva]. 



Noctua rubi Tigix'. = bella 5or^. 



4164 Isle of Wight, 1879 (Riding). 



658 Bred 1885 (Harwood). 

 660 . ,, ,, 



661 „ „ 



659 

 *6ioi London, v. 1886 (Pearce). 



Dark olive-green. 

 *6ioo London, v. 1886 (Pearce). \ 

 *6o99 „ „ „ J 



Pale olive-green. 



Noctua sobrina Giien. 



4167 Innerhadden, Kinloch, 1879 (Salvage). 

 4166 „ „ „ „ 



3231 Rannoch, 1876 (Robertson). 



Approaching var. gruneri as showing the same ashy- 

 grey dusting, but in a less marked degree. 

 Central France, 1883 (Staudinger). \ 

 Livonia, 1885 (Staudinger). / 



Var. gruneri Guen. Ground colour thickly dusted with 

 ashy-grey atoms, especially in the basal half of the 

 wings. 



Noctua umbrosa Hah. 



1084 Beverley, viii. 1881 f. 

 3722 „ „ t- 



3724 ,, 1882 t- 



1582 „ 1884 t- 



3346 Weel, E. Yorks., 1882 f- 



Noctua baja Fah. 



2625 Stanstead, 1875 (Spiller). 



2631 Kingston-on-Thames, 1879 (Windybank). '\ 



2630 „ „ „ „ „ / 



5534 

 5779 



Ab. grisea Tutt. Without the ferruginous tinge of 

 the type form. Cf. South, I. PI. 114, fig. 8. 

 North Ireland, i88g (Salvage's expedition). 



Fine large (43 mm.) type form, but the fore wings 

 slightly darker than in the others. 

 2628a North Ireland, '1889 (Salvage's expedition). 

 503 Forres, viii. 1871 -f. 



„ t. 

 North America, 1885 (Staudinger). \ 



» M J 



Indistinguishable from 506 above (58 mm.). 

 Germany, 1883 (Staudinger). 

 London, vi. 1886 (Pearce). 

 Saxony, 1887 (Staudinger). . 



2628 



506 



5795 

 5796 



*546i 

 ♦6438 

 ♦6489 



