LEPIDOPTERA IIETEROCERA. 231 



Phalsena-Noctua Persicariae, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1208. Gmel. ed. 



Syst. Nat. i, 5, 2562, 142. 

 Noctua Pei-sicuriae, Wien. Verz. 71, 8. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 236, 132 ; 



Mant. Ins. ii. 177,268; Ent. Si/sL ill. 2, HI, 335. jE's/j. 



Schmett. iv. pi. 129, f. 1, 2. Sepp\ Ins. ii. pi. 10. Donov. Nat. 



Hist. Brit. Ins. ix. pi. 317. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 162, QQ. 



Hdbn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 13, 1". 64. Haw Lap 



Brit. 88. ' ^* 



Noctua (Mamestra) Persicarias, Meiy. Handb. 166, 46 • Sust 



Besch. iii. 138, 102, pi. 104, f. 4. 

 Melauchra Persicariue, H'libn. Verz. Schmett. 118, 913. 

 Mameslra Persicari^, Treit. Schmett. v. 2, 156, 11. Dup. Hist. 



Nat. hep. Fr. vii. pi. 102, f. 4. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. 



ii. 196. Guen. Noct. i. 199, 315. 

 Var. Noctua accipilrina, Esp. Schmett. pi. 129, f. 4. 

 Hadeua Peisicariae, Buisd. hid. Meth. 118, 913. 

 Polia Persicariae, Herr.-Schceff. Schmett. Ear. ii. 275, 288. 



a — q. Englaud. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



r — u. England. 



X — aa. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



North America; 

 Group 1. 

 Like the second European group. 



20. Mamestra impulsa. 



Nigra ; abdomen cinereum ; alcB anticce annulis reniformi et orhi- 

 culari lineisque transversis undulatis incompletis atris^ gutta 

 discali punclisque exterioribus 7ionnunquam vix conspicuis 

 testaceis; postiae paliide cinerece, lineis duabus discalibus 

 abbreviatis margineque lata obscure cinereis, 



Mamestra impulsa, Guen. Noct. i. 194, 307. 



a—c. Treuton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday 



21. Mamestra PASSER. 



Cinereo-fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; ala- anticce annulis reniformi 

 et orbiculari incompletis, striga postica, lineolis exterioribus 

 nonuunquam obsoletis guttisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 cinerea. 



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