CATALOGUE OF 



Mytbinina imbecilia, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 193; Suppl. Qb. 



Frey, Neu. Beit. Schmett. ii. pi. 153. Evcrsm. Faun. Volgo. 



Ural, 231. Dup. Hist. A'^at. Lep. Fr. Suppl. in. 363, pi. 33. 



Guen. Aim. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237; Nod. i. 69, 88. 

 Noctua alpina, H'ubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Nod. pi. 156, f. 728, 



729, foeni. 

 Mylhimna alpina, Frey. Beitr. pi. 36, f. 2. 

 Noctua pivlbimna) alpina, JSleig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. iii. 



153, 129, pi. 105, f. 13. 

 Mytliimna disparilis, Ochs. Syst. Gloss. 

 Mylhimna iiexa, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 62, pi. 104. 

 Lupeiina imbecilla, Boisd. Ind. Melh. 116, 898. 

 Noctua aliena, Huhn. Nod. 441. 

 Diataraxia aliena, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 219, 2200. 

 Leucania imbecilla, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 239, 174. 



France. Styria. Hungary. South Russia. 



Genus 3. MYTHIMNA. 



Corpus robustura. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi validi, pilosi, 

 caput sat lonire superantes; articulus 3us gracilis, longi-conicus, 2i 

 quadrante brevior. Antenuce sat valida?, subserratte. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi; tibiae postics calcari- 

 bus quatuor lougis. Alee latiusculae ; antics subacurainatce, apud 

 costam subrectcg, vnargine exteriore vix obliquo. Larva cylindrica, 

 glabra, cinereo-albida, fusco multilineata, gramiuibus nocte vescens. 

 Metamorphosis subterranea. 



Mylhimna, Aletia et Hyphilare, H'llhn. Verz. Schmett. 238. 

 Mylhimna, Leucania, p., Treits. ; Boisd. ; Guenee,Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Fr. vi. 336 : Noct. i. 68 ; Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 227. 

 Mylhimna et Segetia, Steph. 

 Mithimna, Sodoffshy, Bull. 3Iosc. 1837. 



Body stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi stout, pilose, ex- 

 tending some distance beyond the head ; third joint slender, elon- 

 gate-conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae rather stout, minutely serrated. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with lour long 

 spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, 

 slightly acuminated at the tips, very slightly oblique along the 

 exterior border; inferior veins with the usual structure. 



