CLAS. Vf. GLoI Noctua . 541 



t;2. NOCTUA Fahr- 



Phala;nn2 Sp. Lmn. Geojfr. 

 Palpi (luo reflexi , compressi , pilosi j apice cy* 



iindrici , iiudi . 

 Lingua spirnlis , cornea , portecta , acuta, bifida. 

 Cl-jpem brev is , corlieus , rotundatus , vix lingux 



basin tegens , 

 ^ntennae secaces , tnnkiarticulats . 

 Larva XVI-poda , agihs , subcylindrica , saspius 



glabra . 



Vupa. folliculata , cylindrica , apice acumniata « 

 Victus larv^e e foliis plantarum ; imaginis e ne- 



ctare florum . 

 Antennae plerumque simplices : quandoque scd 



raro in mare pectinacx . 



* Alts patnlis , 

 OmOes species esotic^ . 

 ** Alis planis incnmbentihHi , 

 thorace laevi . 

 t, Nodua l^vis , alis incumbentibus fuscis niti- polttd't 

 dulis : striga postica pundorum ferrugineorum. 

 Fabr.Mantls. 2. p. 158, 

 Habitac in Taraxaco , Plantagine. 

 CorpHs hirtum , fHscum . aU anticA fnscae , «/- 

 tidae , versm apicem striga pHnUorHm ferrHgi' ' 

 neorum . 

 Larva nuda testaceo-pallida', punftis sparsis nigris. 

 2. No6lua Ixvis alis incambentibus fusco-nitidu- tetnt ^ 

 lis : pundlis quaruor costalibus albis : posticis 

 cinerco ferrugineis . Fabr, Mantis, 2. p. 138. 

 Habitat in Austrias Alsine . 



L 1 3 Anten* 



