42 CATALOGUE OF , 



2. ACKONTCTA Psi. 



Cana aut cinerea ; abdomen albidum ; aire anticcB striga tridentata 

 basali, litura -^ discali lineisque duabus barbatis exterioribus 

 nigris ; posticce cinereo-fuscce aut albidcB. 



, Goed. Ins. i. pi. 22. List. Gbed. f. 92. i?ay, Ins. 



350. Reaum. Ins. i. pi. 42, f. 5, 6. Merian, Ins. Eur. iii. pi. 



42. Frisch, Ins. ii. pi. 2. Ammir. Ins. pi. 13. Roes. Ins. 



Bel. i. pi. 7. (?eojf. /w5. Par. 155. WilL 28, pi. 60. Migr. 



Pap. d'Eur. 286, a— c. Albin, Nat. Hist. Engl. Ins. pi. 80. 



Harr. ^. pi. 15 ; V. M. 19. 

 Phalaena-Noctua Psi, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 846, 135; Faun. Suec. 



1181. Gmt-Z. ed. Sgst. Nat. i. 5, 2559, 135. Berk. Syn. \. 



141. Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. iv. pi. 133. Steiv. El. ii. 



187. Turt. Syst. Nat. iii. 330. 

 Nottua Psi, Wien. Verz. 67, 2. Fair. ^S;?. .ins. ii. 235, 129 ; 



Mant. Ins. ii. 174, 255; Ent. Syst. 'm. 2, 105, 315. Esp. 



Schmett. iv. pi. 115, f. 1, 2. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 238, 106. 



Haiv. Lep. Brit. 181. Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. i. pi. 58. 

 AcroDvcta Psi, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, 30, 9. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Lep. Fr. vi. 218, pi. 83, f. 1. Sleph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 



39, 5. Guen. Noct. i. 43, 47. Boisd. Ind. Melh. 94, 714. 



Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 181,12. Westiv. Si' Humph. 



Brit. Moths, i. 198, pi. 41, f. 5 ; pi. 42, f. 116. 

 Triaeiia Psi, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 200, 2029. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lep. 104, 1. 

 Acronyctia Psi, Meig. Handb. 149,4; Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. 



m. 69, 9, pi. 90," f. 9. 

 Semapliora Psi, Guen. Ess. 235. 

 Noclua tridens, Sepp, Ins. iv. pi. 4. Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. 



pi. 1, f. 4 ; Larv. Lep. iv. Noct. i. Bomb. B, b, f. b, c. 

 Var. Acronycta Cuspis, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 40, 7. 



a. England. Presented by H. Doubleday, Esq. 

 b — t. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 V — z. England. 



aa—ee. Europe. From M. Beckers collection. 

 fy^9<J- France. 



hh. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



ii — pp. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



The American A. Psi has a slight testaceous tinge on the fore 

 wings ; the markings also are somewhat different from those of the 

 European A. Psi, and it may be a distinct species. 



