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of the second. Abdomen extending for almost half its length 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; hind tibise with four 

 long spurs. Wings rather short, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 almost straight in front, slightly angular at the tips, hardly oblique 

 along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae very minutely ciliated. 

 Female. — Antennae simple. 



9. NONAGUIA PALUDICOLA. 



Cervina ; palpi nigri ; abdomen cinerascens ; alee antica? venis ni- 

 gricantibus albo variis, gutta discali alba punctoque interior e 

 nigro, posticce cinerascentes, ciliis pallide cervinis. 



Noctua paludicola, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 624, 637. 

 Noctua guttans, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 137, f. 628, 



629. 

 Nonagria paludicola, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 321. Guen. Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Fr. ii. 447, pi. 16; Noct i. 106, 167. Boisd. Icon. 



des Chen, ix.; Incl. Meth. 135, 1085. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. 



Fr. Suppl. iii. 357, pi. 33. Herr.-Schoeff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



244, 185. 

 Noctua Arundineti, Sepp, Ins. iv. pi. 20, f. 6, 7. 

 Noctua geminipuncta, Hatchet, Ent. Trans, i. 327, pi. 237, 9, f. 2. 



Haw. Lep. Brit. 45. 

 Nonagria geminipuncta, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iii. 79 ; Cat. Brit. 



Lep. 122. 



a — e. England. Presented by Mr. Longley. 

 /. England. Presented by S. Stevens, Esq. 

 g — o. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 p, x. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 4. 



Corpus sat robustum. Palpi porrecti, caput superantes; arti- 

 culus 3us breviusculus. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. 

 Pedes mediocriter validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. 

 Mas. — Antennas serratae. 



Body rather stout. Palpi porrect, extending beyond the head ; 

 third joint rather short. Abdomen extending tor full one-third of 

 its length beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately stout; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings like those of the following 

 group. Male. — Antennae distinctly serrated. 



