34 CATALOGUE OF 



Diphtera Orion, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. I, 54, 3. Steph. III. Brit 



Ent. Haust. iii. 46,2; Cat. Brit. Lep. J 03, 1. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Lep. Fr. vi. 203, pi. 85, f, 5. Bolsd. Ind. MM. 95, 723. 



Gum. Ess. 236 ; Noct. i. 36, 39. Curt. Brit. Ent. ix. pi. 404. 



Frey. Neu. Beit. pi. 63; Alt. Beit. pi. 22, 70; Ent. Zeit Stett. 



ii. 92. 

 Phalaena-Noctua aprilina, Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. x. 57, pi 



347, f. 1. r ' 



Noctua runica, Haiv. Lep. Brit. 200. 

 Poecilia runica, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 204, 2054. 

 Acronyctia Orion, Meig. Handb. 152, 1 1, pi. 12, f. 5 ; Syst. Besch. 



Eur. Schmett. iii. 72, 14, pi. 91, f. 8. 

 Moma Orion, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 176, 2. 



a — d. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



e — h. England. 



i — p. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 3. 



Corpus mediocriter robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 non ascendentes ; articulus 3us minimus brevissimus. Antennae 

 maris pectinata?. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posticas calearibus quatuor longiusculis. Alae anticae 

 apice subrotundats8,fmargine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Panthea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 203. 



Elatina, Duponch. 



Laelia, p., Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 137. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi short, not 

 ascending ; third joint very short and minute. Antennae of the male 

 slightly pectinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. 

 Wings rather long, not broad. Fore wings somewhat rounded at 

 the tips, rather oblique along the exterior border; first and second 

 inferior veins contiguous at the base; third joint near the second; 

 fourth remote. 



D. ccenobita may perhaps be separated from Diphtera, being 

 very different from the first and second groups, which are closely 

 allied to each other. 



