2 CATALOGUE OF 



Noctuae, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 



Noctuelites, Latr. ; Godart ; Guenee, Hist. Nat. Noct. 

 Noctuiua, Stainton, Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. 4. 

 Noctuo-Bombycidi, Guenee, Ann. Soc. Ent. Ft. vi. 313. 



Body generally stout. Proboscis very generally moderately long. 

 Palpi distinct, often rather long, very long in a few species. An- 

 tenna? setaceous, slender, longer than the thorax, rarely pectinated, 

 except in the males of some species. Abdomen generally extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs most frequently moderately long and 

 stout, occasionally slender ; hind tibiae generally with four long 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad, rarely narrow or very broad, sel- 

 dom long. Fore wings straight in front, rounded or angular at the 

 tips, moderately or very oblique along the exterior border. Larva 

 generally naked, cylindrical and robust, and with ten prehensile 

 feet, in some families elongate and slender, more or less looping, 

 and with eight or sixteen prehensile feet. Pupa mostly changing 

 in the ground, rarely in a slight web. 



The distinction between the Noctuites and the Bombycites has 

 been already mentioned, and the former, with very few exceptions, 

 may easily be distinguished from the Geometrites, but some of the 

 aberrant groups are closely allied to the Pyralites, whose structure is 

 extremely variable. 



Div. 1. 



Palpi breves aut mediocres ; articulus 3usnunquam longus nee 

 spatulatus. 



Noctuelites Trifidae, Guenee. 



Div. 2. 



Palpi semper longi et ascendentes ; articulus 3us longus, fili- 

 formis, nonnunquam spatulatus. 



Noctuelites Quadrifidae, Guenee. 



Div. 1. 



Statura saepissime mediocris. Corpus saepissime robustum. 

 Palpi plus minusve determinati ; articulus 3us nunquam longissi- 

 mus nee spatulatus. Thorax plus minusve pilosus. Alae mediocres; 

 posticae minus amplae ; vena la inferior dum adest saepissimae de- 

 bitor et apud areolae medium inserta, plica discali contigua. 



