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short spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly convex 

 in front, angular at the tips, hardly oblique along the exterior bor- 

 der. Male. — Antennae ciliated. Fi?wa/e.— Antennae simple. 



7. NONAGRIA NEUEICA. 



Pallide cervina ; abdomen sordide albidum ; alcp anticce atomis 

 vit.ta diffusa discali guttisque maryinalibus nigris ; fostiae 

 cinerecB, basi sordide albidre. 



Noctua neurica, H'ubn. Saimnl. Eur. Schmett. NocL f. 381. 

 Leucania iiearica, 3Ieig. Si/st. Besch. Eur. Schmett. iii. 171, 13. 



pi. 109, f. 1. 

 Nonagria neurica, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 319. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Lep. Fr. iv. 85, pi. 106. Boisd. Lid. Meth. 134, lOSO. 



Herr.-Schcelf. Eur. Schmett. ii. 244, 186; ii. Noct. pi. 68, 



f. 347, 348. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237 ; Noct. i. 106, 



165. Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 122. 



Gennany. 



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



e — g. England. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



h. England. 



i. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



8. Nonagria dissoluta. 



Al(B anticcB nigro-fusccB, macula reniformi albida intus fusca ; 

 postica pallidce. 



Nonagria neurica, mr. dissoluta, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 319. 

 Noctua neurica, Hilbn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 559, 561. 

 Nonagria Hessii, Boisd. Lid. Meth. 134, 1081. Gum. Ann. Soc. 



Ent. Fr. vi. 237. 

 Nonagria dissoluta, Guen. Noct. i. 106, 166. 



Germany. 



Group 3. 



Corpus validum. Palpi oblique ascendentes, caput superantes ; 

 articulus 3us 2i triente non brevior. Abdomen alas posticas 

 dimidio superans. Pedes sat graciles; tibiae posticas calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alas breviusculae, mediocriter latag ; anlicae apud 

 costam subrectae, apice subangulatae, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 

 Mas. — Antennae vix ciliatae. Fcem. — Antennae simplices. 



Body stout. Palpi obliquely ascending, extending beyond the 

 head; third joint somewhat elongated, lull one-third of the length 



M 2 



