170 CATALOGUE OF 



Wings moderately long and broad. Fore wings streal<ed generally 

 with testaceous and brown, and having the appearance of dead 

 wood, straight in front, rounded at the lips, slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border. Male. — Abdomen tufted at the tip. 



1. Xylophasia Zollikoffeei, 



Fusco-cinerea ; alcB anticce stigmatihns obsoletis, linea undulata 

 denticulata, venis in areola 3a nigro punctatis. 



Nonagria Zollikofferi, Frey. Nen. Beit. Schmett. ii. 145, pi. 184, f. 



1,2. Eversm. Faun. Volg- Ural. 271. 

 Luperina Zollikofferi, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 114, 878. Guen. Ann. 



Soe. Ent. Fr. vi. 239 ; Noct. i. 137, 214. 

 Xylophasia Zollikofferi, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. Supp. iv. 209, 



pi. 68. Herr.'SchcBff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 287, 327; ii. Noct. 



pi. 21,f. 103, 104. 



Sarepta. 



2. Xylophasia lateeitia. 



Ferrvginea ; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce annulis discalihus 

 alMdiSy guttis exterionbus et marginalibus nigricaniibus ; 

 posticcE cinerecB, ciliis testaceis. 



Noctua lateritia, Naturf. ix. 127. Esp. Schmett. pi. 131. Bark. 



Eur. Schmett. 188. Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. i. pi. 65. 

 Septis lateritia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 243, 2421. 

 Xylina lateritia, Treit. Schmett. Eur. iii. 45. 

 Luperina lateritia, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 114, 879. 

 Xylophasia lateritia, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iv. 208, pi. 113, 



f. 5. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 238 ; Noct. i. 137, 215. 

 Noctua molochiua, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 741. 



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



c. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



d. Newfoundland. 



3. Xylophasia rueea. 



Testacea ; thorax tfuscus, ex parte testaceus ; alee anticce plagis 

 duabus submarginalibus externis una subcostali unaque postica 

 basali fuscis, strigis costalibus fuscis guttisque exterioribus 

 costalibus pallidis, guttis nonnullis oblongis discalibus nigri- 

 cantibus ; posticce litura discali, fascia tenui margineque laio 

 cinereis. 



Var. AlcB anticce rufo-fuscce, annulis duobus discalibus testaceis. 



