170 CATALOGUE OF 



Wings moderately long and broad. Fore wings streaked generally 

 with testaceous and brown, and having the appearance of dead 

 wood, straight in front, rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border. Male. — Abdomen tufted at the tip. 



1. XYLOPHASIA ZOLLIKOFFEKI. 



Fusco-cinerea ; alee anticce stigmatibus obsoletis, linea undulata 

 denticulata, venis in areola Sa nigro punctatis. 



Nonagria Zollikofferi, Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. ii. 145, pi. 184, f. 



1,2. Eversm. Faun. Volg- Ural. 271. 

 Luperina Zollikofferi, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 114, 878. Guen. Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 239 ; Noct. i. 137, 214. 

 Xylophasia Zollikofferi, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. Supp. iv. 209, 



pi. 68. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 287, 327 ; ii. Noct. 



pi. 21, f. 103, 104. 



Sarepta. 



2. Xylophasia lateeitia. 



Ferruginea ; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce annulis discalibus 

 albidis, guttis exterioribus et marginalibus nigricantibus ; 

 posticce cinerea, ciliis testaceis. 



Noctua lateritia, Naturf. ix. 127. Esp. Schmett. pi. 131. Bork. 



Eur. Schmett. 188. Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. i. pi. 65. 

 Septis lateritia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 243, 2421. 

 Xylina lateritia, Treit. Schmett. Eur. iii. 45. 

 Luperina lateritia, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 114, 879. 

 Xylophasia lateritia, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iv. 208, pi. 113, 



f. 5. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 238 ; Noct. i. 137, 215. 

 Noctua molochina, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 741. 



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



(?. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



d. Newfoundland. 



3. Xylophasia rukea. 



Testacea ; thorax ffuscus, ex parte testaceus ; ala anticce plagis 

 duabus submarginalibus extemis una subcostali unague postica 

 basali fuscis, strigis costalibus fuscis guttisque exterioribus 

 costalibus pallidis, guttis nonnullis oblongis discalibus nigri- 

 cantibus ; posticce litura discali, fascia tenui margineque lato 

 cinereis. 



Var. Ala anticce rufo-fuscce, annulis duobus discalibus testaceis. 



