LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 33 



Dipthera ludifica, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, 50, 2. Frej/. Neu. 



Beit. Schmett. pi. 63. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. 190. pi. 



85, f. 6. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 95, 723. Gueii. Ess. 236 ; Noct. 



i. 36, 38. Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 46, 1. Richter, 



Ent. Zeit. Stett. iii. 165. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



176, 3. 

 Moma ludifica, Huhn. Verz. Schmett. 203, 2049. 

 Acrunvctia ludifica, Meig. Si/st. Beschr. Eur. Schmett. iv. 73, 16, 



pl.92, f. 1. 



a — e. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 2. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi ascendentes? 

 articulus 3us cylindricus, gracilis, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae 

 graciles. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Aloe latiusculae. 



Poecilia, p., Huhn. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi ascending ; 

 third joint cylindrical, slender, about half the length of the second 

 Antenna? slender. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. 

 Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings like 

 those of the first group. 



2. DiPHTERA Orion. 



Viridis ; thorax nigra bifasciatus ; abdomen canum, e maculis 

 nigris trivittatum ; alee anticce vittis albis, fasciis duabus an- 

 gulosis liturisque duabus discalibus nigris, guttis submargina- 

 libus alho -nigris ; posticcB snhcinerece, margine obscuriore, 

 fasciis duabus late interruptis nigricantibus. 



Phalsena-Noctua runica, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2560, 1123. 

 , Engr. Pap. d'Eur. pL 325. Schceff. Icon. pi. 92, f. 



3. Harr. Aur. pi. 42, f. e; V. M. 19. 

 Noclua Orion, Sepp, Ins. iv. pi. 9, f. 1—8. Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 



118, f. 4—7. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 132, 54. 

 Noctua aprilina, IVien Verz. 70, 6. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 172, 247; 



Ent. Sgst. iii. 2, 103,306. H'dbn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 5, 



f. 22 ; Larv. Lep. iv. Noct. i. Bomb. C, b, f. I. 

 Diphtera runica, Steph. Sgst. Cat. 2, 94, 6, 294. 



