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b 1 Forewing with the dentate marks before subter- 



minal line and streaks beyond it slight . . pyramided, 



b Forewing with the ante and postmedial lines absent. 



rt 1 Hindwing deep cupreous red ; size large . . . . cupreipennis . 



b 1 Hindwing pale cupreous red ; size moderate . . livida. 



B. Hindwing not cupreous red . . . . . . tragopoginis. 



1656. Amphipyra magna. 

 1655. Amphipyra pyramidea. 



Noctua pyramidea, Linn. Syat. Nat. Ed. x., p. 518 (1758) ; Esp. Schmett. 

 iv., pi. 171, ff. 1-3 ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. Noct., f . 36 ; 

 Godart. Lep. Fr. v., p. 136, pi. 56, f . 4 ; Donovan 

 Brit. Tne. vi., pi. 193 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. 

 ii., p. 164 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal., p. 200. 

 Amphipyra monolitlia, Guen. Noct. ii., p. 414 (1852). 



„ surnia, Feld. Reis. Nov., pi. 112, f. 17 (1874). 



„ obscura, Obuth. Et. Ent. v., p. 85 (1889). 



„ obliquilimbata, Grs. Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 352. 



1658. Amphipyra cupreipennis. 



1657. Amphipyra livida. 



Noctua livida, Schiff. Wien. Verz., p. 85 (1776) ; Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii, p. 

 138 (1787) ; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 38 ; Godart. 

 Lep. Fr. v., p. 141, pi. 57, f. 1 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. 

 p. 200. 

 „ scotophila, Hiibn. Beitr. I. 3-4. Z., p. 34 (1788) ; Esp. Schmett. iv., 

 pi. 170, f. 3 (1791). 

 Amphipyra corvina, Motsch. Bull. Mox. xxxix., p. 194 (1866). 

 1659a. Amphipyra tragopoginis. 



Noctua tragopoginis, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 316 (1761) ; Clerck, Icones. pi 

 1., f. 1 ; Esp. Schmett. iv., pi. 170, ff. 1-2 ; Hiibn 

 Eur. Schmett. Noct. f . 40, Godart, Lep. Fr. v., p 

 145, pi. 57, f . 3 ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii., p 

 165 ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am., p. 197 ; Staud. Cat 

 Lep. pal., p. 200. 

 „ lucida, Hiibn. Ben. Mag. iii, p. 294 (1767). 

 Agrotis repressus, Grote, Can. Ent. iii, p. 192 (1871). 

 Amphipyra turcomana, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1888, p. 32. 

 „ brayi, Lambillion, Rev. Ent. Namur, 1907, p. 29. 



Head, thorax and abdomen pale glossy red-brown ; palpi fuscous brown ; 

 pectus and legs darker red-brown. Forewing pale glossy red-brown irrorated 

 with a few white scales ; subbasal, antemedial and postmedial lines absent ; 

 orbicular represented by a blackish point, the reniform by two points ; sub- 

 terminal line represented by a series of white points on the veins, with a 

 dark brown shade before them incurved beloAv vein 3 ; a terminal series of 



