76 CATALOGUE OF 



Var. Ala subtus minus micacece ; abdomen maris penicilio nullo 

 atro basali. 



Var. Anargyria, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 132. 



a — t. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 v, u. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



5. Mythimna albipuncta. 



Cervina ; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce lineis transversis undu- 

 latis obscurioribus subobsoletis r uttaque discali alba ; postica 

 pallide fuscescentes ciliis albidis. 



Phalaena-Noctua albipuncta, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2562, 1124. 

 , Engr. Pap. dEur. 49 a, a — d. Roes. Ins. Bel. iii. 



pi. 71, f. 11, 12. 

 Noctua albipuncta, Wien. Verz. 84, Q, 4. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 



178, 275 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 114, 342. Scriba, Beit. Ins. Gesch. 



pi. 12, f. 8 — 10. Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 



46, f. 223. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 693, 104. 

 Mythimna albipuncta, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 2, 187, 5. 

 Leucania albipuncta, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 131, 1045. Guen. Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. ; Noct. i. 75, 98. Herr.-S chaff. Eur. Schmett. 



if. 238, 171. 

 Noctua (Mythimna) albipuncta, Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. 



iii. 154, 131, pi. 105, f. 12. 

 Hyphilare albipuncta, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 239, 2374. 



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



North America. 



Group 1. 



Palpi porrecti, caput longe superantes ; articulus 3us elonga- 

 tus, lanceolatus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Alae latiusculae ; antieae 

 apud costam rectae, apice vix angulatse, margine exteriore vix 

 obliquo. 



Palpi porrect, extending far beyond the head ; third joint elon- 

 gate, lanceolate, hardly half the length of the second. Wings 

 rather broad. Fore wings straight in front, hardly angular at the 

 tips, hardly oblique along the exterior border. 



This species hardly belongs to the Leucanida, but should be 

 transferred to the 2nd division of Noctuites with which it agrees in 

 the length of the terminal joint of the palpi, and in other characters. 



