46 CATALOGUE OF 



Group 4. 



Arctomyscis, p., Hubn. 



Much like the third group as regards the disposition of the 

 colours. 



6. ACEONYCTA MEGACEPHALA. 



Subrufescente-cinerea ; abdomen canescens ; alcB anticce atomis, 

 lineis tribus transversis {duabus duplicatis unaque exteriore 

 simplici) angulosis annuloque discali nigris ; posticce albce, 

 strigis marginalibus fuscescentibus. 



, Deg. Ins. ii. 413, pi. 7, f. 9. Engr. Pap. dEur. 



294, a— d. Harr. V. M. 47. 

 Noctua mep^acephala, Wien. Verz. 67, 5. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii 175, 



261 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 108, 325. Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 65, f. 1. 



Borh. Eur. Schmett. iv. 222, 102. Sepp. Ins. iii. pi. 9. Hubn. 



Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 2, f. 10; pi. 3, f. II. Law. 



Lep. iv. Noct. i. Bomb. B, c, f. 2. Haw. Lep. Brit. 177. 

 Acronycta megacephala, Treit. Schmett. v. 1, 13, 4. Dup. Hist. 



Nat. Lep^Fr. vi. 3, 244, pi. 88, f. 6. Steph. III. Brit. Haust. 



iii. 37, 1. Cat. Brit. Lep. 106, 9. Boisd. Lid. Meth. 94, 709. 



Westw. Sr H. Brit. Moths, i. 195, pi. 41, f. 1, 2 ; pi. 42, f. 16. 



Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 184, 23. Guen. Noct. i. 49, 



62. 

 Phalaeiia-Noctua megalocephala, Gmel. ed. Sgst. Nat. i. 5, 2560, 



1122. 

 Nuclua macrocephala, Villars, Ent. ii. 175. 

 Arctomyscis megacephala, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 202, 2046. 

 Acronvctia megaphala, Meig. Handb. 151, 9; Syst. Besch. Eur. 



Schmett. iii. 66, 3, pi. 90, f. 1. 



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

 d — p. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 q — t. England. 

 V — .X. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 5. 

 Alse anticae albo nigroque marmoratae. 

 Hyboraa el Jocheoera, Hiibn. 



Fore wings marbled with black and white. 



