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short spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly convex 

 in front, angular at the tips, hardly oblique along the exterior bor- 

 der. Male. — Antennae ciliated. Female. — Antennae simple. 



7. NONAGKIA NEUEICA. 



Pallide cervina ; abdomen sordide albidum ; alee anticce atomis 

 vitta diffusa discali guttisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 cinerea, basi sordide albidce. 



Noctua neurica, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 381. 

 Leucania neurica, Meig. Syst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. iii. 171, 13. 



pi. 109, f. 1. 

 Nonagria neurica, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 319. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Lep. Fr. iv. 85, pi. 106. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 134, 1080. 



Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 244, 186; ii. Noct. pi. 68, 



f. 347, 348. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237 ; Noct. i. 106, 



165. Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 122. 



Germany. 



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



e — g. England. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



h. England. 



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



8. NONAGEIA DISSOLUTA. 



Ales anticce nigro-fuscce, macula reniformi albida intus fusca ; 

 posticm pallidce. 



Nonagria neurica, var. dissoluta, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 319. 

 Noctua neurica, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 559, 561. 

 Nonagria Hessii, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 134, 1081. Guen. Ann. Soc. 



Ent. Fr. vi. 237. 

 Nonagria dissoluta, Guen. Noct. i. 106, 166. 



Germany. 



Group 3. 



Corpus validum. Palpi oblique ascendentes, caput superantes ; 

 articulus 3us 2i triente non brevior. Abdomen alas posticas 

 dimidio superans. Pedes sat graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alae breviusculae, mediocriter latae ; anticae apud 

 costam subrectae, apice subangulatae, margin eexteriore vix obliquo. 

 Mas. — Antennae vix ciliatae. Ecem. — Antennae simplices. 



Body stout. Palpi obliquely ascending, extending beyond the 

 head ; third joint somewhat elongated, full one-third of the length 



M 2 



