226 CATALOGUE OF 



11. MaMESTRA CESPITIS. 



Nigricans ; ahdomen cineremn ; alee anticae maculis renifoinni et 

 orbiculari lineisque transversis angulosis atris cinereo margi- 

 natis ; posticce albidcB, cinereo marginatce. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 459, a— c. 



Noclua cespitis, Wien. Verz. 82, 2. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 156, 

 148 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 191. Kleem, Beit. Ins. Gesch. i. pi. 29, 

 f. 1—10. Bork. Eur. Schmett. 163. Hubn. Samml. Eur. 

 Schnett. 428. 



Phalaena-Noctua cespitis, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2543, 1035. 



Hadena cespitis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 115. Dup. Hist. Nat. 

 Lep. Fr. iv. 26, pi. 102. 



CharEBas cespitis, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. ii. 109. Westw. ^ H: 

 Brit. Moths, i. 1 1 1 , pi. 22, f. 4, 5. 



Noctua Hordei, Schrank, Faun. Boic. ii. 1, 351. 



Tbolera cespitis, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 215, 2139. 



Var. Agrotis aulumnalis, Curt. Brit. Etit. 165. 



Var. Charseas confinis, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 109. 



Luperina cespitis, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 113, 866. Guen. Noct. i. 284, 

 285. 



Polia cespitis, Herr.-Schcef. Eur. Schmett. ii. 269, 268. 



a. England. From Mr. Haworth's collection. 

 h—g. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 A, i. England. 

 j — k. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 2. 



Abdomen subcristatum. Alae anticae margine exteriore integro, 

 rotundato ; macula renii'ormis guttis exterioribus pallidis. 



Abdomen slightly crested. Exterior border of the fore wings 

 entire, rounded ; reniform marked exteriorly with one or several 

 pale dots. 



12. Mamestra abjecta. 



Cinerea ; abdomen canum ; alee anticce lineis transversis undulatis 

 incompletis canis ex parte nigra marginatis, gutta punctoque 

 discalibus canis, strigis exterioribus lanceolatis nigris ; pos- 

 ticce albidcB, margine cinereo. 



Noctua abjecta, Hiibn. Samtnl. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 116, 539. 



Luperina abjecta, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 114, 875. 



