LEPIDOPTERA. 



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Catocala nupta, Fig. 255, the Red Underwing; and Erebus strix. 

 Fig. 256. 



The bodies of these moths are robust and sometimes massive, 



Fig. 250. — Noctua mnsiva. 



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Fig. 251. — Noctua brunnea. 



and are scaly rather than woolly. The thorax is sometimes bristling 

 with hairy tufts. 



This genus includes 800 species, of which there are about 

 300 in France. The caterpillars of the Noctuina are smooth or 



