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10. NONAGRIA NEXA. 



Cervina; abdomen iestaceum ; alee aniicce gutta strigaque angulaia 

 clavata discalibus albis nigro submarginatis ; posticce subtes- 

 tacece, margine latissimo cinereo. 



Noctua nexa, H'ubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 395. 

 Nonaofria nexa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 195 ; Suppl. 97. Frey. 



Neu. Beit. Schmett. ii. pi. 136. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 134, 10«3. 



Herr.-SchcBff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 243, 181 ; ii. N'oct. pi. 67, 



f. 342, 343. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237; Noct. i. 107, 



169. 



North Germany. North France. 



Group 5. 



Corpus robustum. Palpi porrecti, validi, caput paullo super- 

 antes ; arliculus 3us miuimus. Abdomeu alas posticas dimidio 

 superans. Pedes validi ; libiee posticae calcaribus qnatuor inedio- 

 criter lougis. Alas mediocres ; anticae apud costam subrectee, apice 

 ano^ulatsi, margine exteriore vix obliquo. Mas. — Antennae sub- 

 ciliatae. 



Body stout. Palpi porrect, stout, extending a little beyond 

 the head; third joint very minute. Abdomen extending for about 

 half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae 

 with four moderately long spurs. Wings moderately long and 

 broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, angular at the tips, 

 very slightly oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Antenna 

 minutely ciliated. Female. — Antennte simple. 



II. NoNAGRIA CaNN.E, 



Pallide cervina ; abdomen pa/lidissime cervinum ; alccantica linea 

 transversa arcuata e.vteriore e punctis nigricantibus ; posticce 

 subcinerees^ ciliis albidis. 



, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 501, a — d. 



Noctua Arundinis, Hilbn. Samml. Schmett. Eur. Noct. f. '3S(y, 



387. 

 Nonagria Cannae, Treit. Schmett. Ear. ii. 325. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Lep. Fr. iv. 87, pi. 106 ; Suppl. iii. 361, pi. 33. Boisd. Fad. 



Meth. 135, 1086. Guen. An7i. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237; Noct. i. 



108.170. Westw. ^- Humph. Brit. Moths, i. pi. 46, f. 11. 



Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 122. Herr.-Scha^ff. Schmett. Eur. ii. 



243, 183 ; ii. Noct. pi. 69, f. 354, 355. 



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