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10. NONAGRIA NEXA. 



Cervina; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce gutta strigaque angulata 

 clavata discalibus albis nigro submarginatis ; posticce subtes- 

 tacece, margine latissimo cinereo. 



Noctua nexa, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 395. 

 Nonagria nexa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 195 ; SuppL 97. Frey. 



Neu. Beit. Schmett. ii. pi. 136. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 134, 1083. 



Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 243, 181; ii. Noct. pi. 67, 



f. 342, 343. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237 ; Noct. i. 107, 



169. 



North Germany. North France. 



Group 5. 



Corpus robustum. Palpi porrecti, validi, caput paullo super- 

 antes ; articulus 3us minimus. Abdomen alas posticas dimidio 

 superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus qnatuor medio- 

 criter longis. Ala? mediocres ; anticae apud costam subrectae, apice 

 angulatae, margine exteriore vix obliquo. Mas. — Antennae sub- 

 ciliatae. 



Body stout. Palpi porrect, stout, extending a little beyond 

 the head; third joint very minute. Abdomen extending for about 

 half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae 

 with four moderately long spurs. Wings moderately long and 

 broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, angular at the tips, 

 very slightly oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae 

 minutely ciliated. Female. — Antennae simple. 



11. Nonagria C&sum. 



Pallide cervina ; abdomen pallidissime cervinum ; alee anticce linea 

 transversa arcuata exteriore e punctis nigricantibus ; posticce 

 subcinerea, ciliis albidis. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 501, a — d. 



Noctua Arundinis, Hubn. Samml. Schmett. Eur. Noct. f. 386, 



387. 

 Nonagria Cannae, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 325. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Lep. Fr. iv. 87, pi. 106 ; SuppL iii. 361, pi. 33. Boisd. Ind. 



Meth. 135, 1086. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237; Noct. i. 



108. 170. Westw. $r Humph. Brit. Moths, i. pi. 46, f. 11. 



Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 122. Herr.-Scha>ff. Schmett. Eur. ii. 



243, 183 ; ii. Noct. pi. 69, f. 354, 355. 



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