LEPIDOPTEEA HETEEOCERA. 161 



4. HvDRiECIA MICACEA. 



Cervina ; abdomen testaceo-albidum ; alee anticce lineis transversis 

 annuloque discali fuscis, fascia obliqua fuscescente ; postica 

 testaceo-albida. linea media subundulata cervina. 



— , Engr. Pap. oVEur. 407, a — c. 



Noctua micacea, Esp. Schmett. pi. 145, f. 6. Sepp. Ins. iv. pi. 38, 



f. 67. 

 Gortyna micacea, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 333. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Lep. Fr. iv. 243, pi. 115. Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. vi. 252. Steph. 



III. Brit. Haust. iii. 69; Cat. Brit. Lep. 116. Boisd. Ind. 



Meth. 144, 1166. 

 Hydraecia micacea, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 237; Noct. i. 128, 



200. Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 220, 117; ii. Noct. f. 



524. 

 Noctua Cypriaca, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 46, f. 224. 



Haw. Lep. Brit. 227. 



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



A, i. England. 



j 9 k. Scotland. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



North America. 

 Group 1. 

 Like the second European group. 



5. Hydr^icia lorea. 



Testacea ; thorax antice fusco varius ; ala antica? maculis costali- 

 bus fuscescentibus, fascia antice dilatata fuscescente lituras 

 duas {exteriorem reniformem) albidas includente ; posticus 

 cinerascenteSy testaceo ciliatce. 



Hydraecia lorea, Guen. Noct. i. 126, 197. 



a — c. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Group 2. 

 Like the third European group. 



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