28 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY 



is Stout, and the abdomen extends beyond the hind-wings ; the 

 thorax has a bifid crest on each side in front. The wings are 

 rather long and broad, with the hind margins rounded ; but the 

 moths may be most easily recognised by the conspicuously 

 white nervures of the fore-wings. We have one species in 

 England. 



THE BORDERED GOTHIC. NEURIA RETICULATA. 



Noctua reticulata, De Villers, Ent. ii. p. 254 (1789). 



Noctua calcatrippcB, Vieweg, Tab. Verz. Churmark Branden- 

 burg Schmett. ii. p. 71 (1790). 



Noctua saponarice, Borkhausen, Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 370 

 (1792); Esper, Schmett. iv. (2) 2, p. 76, Taf. 198, figs. 



3, 4 (1799)- 

 Noctua typica, Hiibner, Eur, Schmett. iv. fig. 58 (1799?). 

 Hadena saponarice, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (i), p. 303 



(1825); Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 188 



(1829). 

 Mamestra saponarice, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 223 



(1881). 

 Neuria saponarice, Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iv. p. 66, 



pi. 66, figs. e;. q a (1891). 



The Bordered Gothic. 



This Moth is found in most parts of Central and Eastern 



