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Under Side. Breast and legs dark brown. Wings very dark brown, variegated with many brown 

 markings, in such manner as not to be described. A single white spot is situate at the tips of the 

 anterior ones, and a series of small round spots run along the borders of all the wings. Margins of the 

 wings deeply dentated. 



NOCTUA TRISTIS. 



Plate XXI. fig. 1. 



Order: Lepidoptcra. Section; Nocturna. Family: ^octaidas, Stepli. 



Genus. Noctua, 4?(C<. Subgenus ? 



NocTUA Tristis. Alls fiiscis nigro-atomosis, dimidio basali saturatiori strigaqiie ad angulum internum antiearum 

 nigra. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.) 



Syn. Phalsena (Noctua) Tristis, Drury, App. vol. 3. 



Habitat : " Cape of Good Hope'' [Drury, in text). " Jamaica'' (Drury's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae brown and setaceous. Thorax and abdomen grey-brown. Anterior wings 

 grey-brown, having a small streak of a very dark colour placed near the lower corners, and two smaller 

 ones at the tips ; a large patch of the same colour occupies the middle of the wings, extending some 

 way towards the shoulders. Posterior wings greyish-coloured, without any marks. 



Under Side. Tongue not observed. Legs, breast, and abdomen greyish. Anterior wings darker 

 on this side than on the upper ; the anterior edges being white, and the dark streak at the lower corners 

 very observable. Posterior wings coloured as on the upper side, and having two dark-coloured marks 

 placed near the middle of the wings. Margins of the wings entire. 



GNOPHRIA? COLLARIS. 



Plate XXI. fig. -2. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section ; Nocturna. Family : Lithosiidse, Steph. 



Genus. Gnophria? 5fepA. Lithosia p., Faic. Plialajna (Noctua), Drurj/. 



Gnophria? Collaris. Alis nigris, antiearum macuKi pone medium alba, collari sanguineo. (Expans. .Alar. 



1 une. 9 lin.) 

 Syn. Phalaena (Noctua) Collaris, i>/'«r(/, ^;)/). t'o?. 3. 

 Habitat: Brazil. " Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (X»r(o-i/'s MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae black and setaceous. Thorax, abdomen, and wings blueish black, immaculate, 

 except an oval white spot placed on the anterior ones, about a quarter of an inch from the tips. 



Under Side. Palpi black. Tongue and neck yellow. Legs, breast, and abdomen grey. Anus 

 yellow. Wings black, the anterior having a small white longitudinal streak near the shoulders, and 

 the oval spot seen on the upper side. Posterior wings also fringed with white. Margins of the 

 wings entire. 



