72 CATALOGUE OF 



Mythimna imbecilia, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 193; SuppL 65. 



Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. ii. pi. 153. Eversm. Faun. Volgo. 



Ural, 231. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. SuppL iii. 363, pi. 33. 



Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237; Noct. i. (59, 88. 

 Noetua alpina, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 156, f. 728, 



729, fern. 

 Mythimna alpina, Frey. Beitr. pi. 36, f. 2. 

 Noetua (Mythimna) alpina, Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. iii. 



153, 129, pi. 105, f. 13. 

 Mythimna clisparilis, Ochs. Syst. Gloss. 

 Mythimna nexa, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 62, pi. 104. 

 Luperina imbecilia, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 116, 898. 

 Noetua aliena, Hubn. Noct. 441. 

 Diataraxia aliena, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 219, 2200. 

 Leucania imbecilia, Herr.-Schceffi. Eur. Schmett. ii. 239, 174. 



France. Styria. Hungary. South Russia. 



Genus 3. MYTHIMNA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis breviuseula. Palpi vaiidi, pilosi, 

 caput sat longe superantes; articulus 3us gracilis, longi-conicus, 2i 

 quadrante brevior. Antennae sat validae, subserratae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes vaiidi; tibiae posticee calcari- 

 bus quatuor longis. Alae latiusculae ; anticae subacuminatae, apud 

 costam subrectse, rnargine exteriore vix obliquo. Larva cylindrica, 

 glabra, cinereo-aibida, fusco multilineata, graminibus nocte vescens. 

 Metamorphosis subterranea. 



Mythimna, Aletia et Hyphilare, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 238. 

 Mythimna, Leucania, p., Treits. ; Boisd. ; Guenee, Ann. Soc. Enc. 

 Fr. vi. 336 : Noct. i. 68 ; Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 227. 

 Mythimna et Segetia, Steph. 

 Mithimna, Sodoffsky, Bull. Mosc. 1837. 



Body stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi stout, pilose, ex- 

 tending some distance beyond the head ; third joint slender, elon- 

 gate-conical, less than one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae rather stout, minutely serrated. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four long 

 spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, 

 slightly acuminated at the tips, very slightly oblique along the 

 exterior border; inferior veins with the usual structure. 



