160 CATALOGUE OF 



Group 2. 

 2. Hydr^cia cuprea. 



Fvsca ; thorax postice canus ; tibice anticcs setis rufis ; alee anticcB 



cupreo-fusccE, fascia latissima strigaque transversa exteriors 



obscurioribus, ocellis dnobus canis ; posticce pallida fusccB^ 



marginibus latis obscurioribus, 



Noctua cuprea, Wien. Verz. Y. 3. H'ubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 62. 



Apamea cuprea, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 125. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. 



Fr. ii. 197, pi. 63. Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. pi. 75, f. 4. 

 Gortyua cuprea, Boisd. Ind. 144, 1165. 

 Hydraecia cuprea, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237 ; Noct. i. 1 , 



127, 198. Boisd. Ind. 144, 1165. 

 Noctua hoematitidea, Esp. Schmett. pi. 182, f. 4. 

 Lycophotia cuprea, Hilbn. Verz. Schmett. 215, 2145. 



a—d. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 Group 3. 



3. HVDR^CIA VINDELICIA. 



Fusca; abdomen cinerascens ; alee anticce linea interiors trans- 

 versa, fascia media antics furcata fasciaque marginali ob- 

 scurioribus ; posticce cinerascentes, fascia tenui discali 

 obscuriore. 



Noctua vindelicia, Frey. Nsu. Beit. Schmett. vi. 82, pi. 531, f. 3. 

 Hydrsecia vindelicia, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. ^cAmeef. ii. 220, 118, f. 

 521—523. Guen. Noct. i. 127, 199. 



Bavaria. 



a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Var. Alee anticcs obscure fusc(2^ fascia saturatiors, stigmatibus 



pallidioribus ; posticce pallide fuscce. Long. alar. 22 — 24 lin. 



Hydraecia Petasitis, H. Doubleday, Zoologist, v. 1914. Steph. Cat. 



Brit. Lep. 116. 

 C.England. From Mr. Carter's collection. 

 d. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 e,f. Scotland. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



