LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 33 



Dipthera ludifica, Treit. Schmett. Ear. v. 1, 50, 2. Fret/. Neu. 



Beit. Schmett. pi. 63. Dap. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. 190. pi. 



85, f. 6. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 95, 723. Guen. Ess. 236 ; Noct. 



i, 36, 38. Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 46, 1. Richter, 



Ent. Zeit. Stett. iii. 165. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



176, 3. 

 Moma ludifica, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 203, 2049. 

 Acronvctia ludifica, Meig. Syst. Beschr. Eur. Schmett. iv. 73, 16, 



pi. 92, f. 1. 



a — e. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 2. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi ascendentes; 

 articulus 3us cylindricus, gracilis, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae 

 graciles. Abdomen alas posticas nou superans. Pedes sat validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Ala3 latiusculae. 



Pcecilia, p., Hubn. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi ascending ; 

 third joint cylindrical, slender, about half the length of the second 

 Antennas slender. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. 

 Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings like 

 those of the first group. 



2. Diphtera Orion. 



Viridis ; thorax nigro bifasciatus ; abdomen canum, e maculis 

 nigris trivittatum ; alee anticce vittis albis, fasciis duabus an- 

 gulosis liturisque duabus discalibus nigris, guttis submargina- 

 libus albo -nigris ; posticce subcinerece, margine obscuriore, 

 fasciis duabus late interruptis nigricantibus. 



Phalaena-Noctua runica, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2560, 1123. 

 , Engr. Pap. d'Eur. pi. 325. Schceff. Icon. pi. 92, f. 



3. Harr. Aur. pi. 42, f. e ; V. M. 19. 

 Noctua Orion, Sepp, Ins. iv. pi. 9, f. 1 — 8. Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 



118, f. 4—7. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 132, 54. 

 Noctua apriiina, Wien Verz. 70, 6. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 172, 247 ; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 103, 306. Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 5, 



f. 22 ; Larv. Lep. iv. Noct. i. Bomb. C, b, f. 1. 

 Diphtera runica, Steph. Syst. Cat. 2, 94, 6, 294. 



