66 NOCTUIDiE. 



Sect. II. Thorax and mid femora of male witliout tufts of hair. 

 A. Fore wing with whitish patch on tornal area extending to 

 postmedial line. 



a. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved below 



vein 4. 

 fti. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly excurved 



at vein 2 scahriuscula. 



b'^. Fore wing with the postmedial line angled outwards 



just below vein 2 caliginosa. 



ci. Fore wing with the postmedial line not excurved or 

 angled outwards near vein 2. 

 ft2. Fore wing with the postmedial line strongly in- 

 curved below vein 4 and slightly angled outwards 

 at vein 1. 

 a^. Fore wing with the postmedial line touching the 



angle of antemedial line above inner margin ... japonica. 

 V^. Fore wing with the postmedial line separate 

 from the antemedial line above inner margin. 



«•*. Fore wing with the ground-colour black indica. 



¥. Fore wing brown, more or less suffused with 



black vagivitia. 



J2. Fore wing with the postmedial line much less in- 

 curved below vein 4, and not angled outwards at 

 vein 1 cristifera. 



b. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to vein 3 



and angled outwards on vein 2 to near termen uonbnfera. 



E. Fore wing without whitish patch on tornal ai-ea extending 

 to postmedial line. 



a. Fore wing with pale and dark streaks in interspaces of 



terminal area. 



«i. Fore wing grey suffused with fuscous patina. 



b^. Fore wing suffused with red-brown. 



a-. Hmd wing yellowish white, the terminal area 



'■ suffused with rufous pallida. 



b?. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown, the veins 

 and terminal area brown. 

 «3. Fore wing with veins 6, 4, 3 not defined by 



whitish streaks ordinaria. 



Ifi. Fore wing with veins 6, 4, 3 defined by whitish 



streaks lignaris. 



C'. Hind wing wholly red-brown assueta. 



b. Fore wing without pale and dark streaks in interspaces 



of terminal area nicea. 



2802. Dipterygia scabriuscula. 



Noctua scabriuscula, Linn. Syst. Nut. ed. x. p. 516 (1758) ; Clerck, Icones, 



pi. 1. f. 8; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 182; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. 



p. 155. 

 Noctua pinastri, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 315 (1761); Hilbn. Eur. Schmett., 



Noct. f. 246; Dup. Lep. Fr. vii. p. 152, pi. 110. f. 5; Steph. 111. Brit. 



Ent., Haust. ii. p. 168. 

 Noctua tripierygia, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 107. f- 4 (1787). 



Head, tegulse, and patagia fuscous black ; thorax greyish ochreous 

 mixed with brown,; pectus grey and fuscous ; legs black, the tarsi 

 ringed with white ; abdomen grey mixed with fuscous, the dorsal 

 crests darker. Fore wing fuscous black, slightly mixed with brown, 

 the inner margin and area beyond the postmedial line red-brown, 

 iirorated with white between veins 6, 5 and below 4 ; siibbasal 



