46 CATALOGUE OF 



Group 4. 



Arctomyscis, p., H'ubn. 



Much like the third group as regards the disposition of the 

 colours. 



6. ACKONYCTA MEGACEPHALA. 



Subrufescente-cinerea ; abdomen canescens ; alee anticce atomis, 

 lineis tribus transversis (duabus duplicaiis unaque exteriore 

 simplici) angulosis annuloque discali nigris ; posticce alba, 

 strigis marginalibus fuscescentibus. 



-, Beg. Ins. ii. 413, pi. 7, f. 9. Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 



294, a— d. Harr. V. M. 47. 

 Noctua megacephala, Wien. Verz. 67, 5. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii 175, 



261 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 108, 325. Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 65, f. 1. 



Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 222, 102. Sepp. Ins. iii. pi. 9. H'ubn. 



Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 2, f. 10; pi. 3, f. II. Larv. 



Lep. iv. Noct. i. Bomb. B, c, f. 2. Haw. Lep. Brit. 177. 

 Acrouycta megacephala, Treit. Schmett v. 1, 13, 4. Dup. Hist. 



Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. 3, 244, pi. 88, f. 6. Steph. III. Brit. Haust. 



iii. 37, 1. Cat. Brit. Lep. 106, 9. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 94, 709. 



Westw. fy H. Brit. Moths, i. 195, pi. 41, f. 1, 2 ; pi. 42, f. 16. 



Herr.-Schaf. Eur. Schmett. ii. 184, 23. Guen. Noct. i. 49, 



62. 

 Phalseua-Noctua megalocephala, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2560, 



1122. 

 Noctua macrocephala, Villars, Ent. ii. 175. 

 Arctomyscis megacephala, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 202, 2046. 

 Acronyctia megaphala, Meig. Handb. 151, 9; Syst. Besch. Eur. 



Schmett. iii. 66, 3, pi. 90, f. 1. 



a — c. England. Presented by H. Doubleday, Esq. 

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

 q — t. England. 

 v — x. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 5. 

 Ala3 anticse albo nigroque marmoratae. 

 Hyboma et Jocheaera, Hubn. 



Fore wings marbled with black and white. 



