LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 205 



Heliophobus popularis, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 1 12, 864. Dup. Hist. 



Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. pi. 90, f. 5. Steph. III. Brit. EnL Haust. ii. 



189. Guen. Noct. i. 170, 266. 

 Neuria popularis, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 291, 340. 



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



i — L England. 



m — o. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Heliophobus vittalba. 



Fusco-testacea ; alee anticce signaturis omnibus et margine ante- 

 riore roseo-albis, stigmate So fundo concolore ; postica albidce, 

 fascia submarginali obscuriore. 



Hadena vittalba, Treit. Schmett. Eur. Suppl. x. 40. 

 Noctua vittalba, Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. ii. 48, pi. 124. 

 Heliophobus vittalba, Boisd. Icon. Lep. d'Eur. pi. 73 ; Ind. Meth. 



112, 863. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 241 ; Noct. i. 170, 



267. 

 Neuria vittalba, Herr.-Scharff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 291, 341; ii. 



Noct. pi. 7, f. 34—36. 



Sicily. 



Group 2. 

 Fcem. Alae brevissimae. 

 Female with the rudiments of wings. 



3. Heliophobus hirta. 



Fuscescens ; aim anticm lineis duabus transversis obliquis, annulis 

 discalibus strigaque posteriore albidis nigro marginatis, venis 

 albidis, strigis exterioribus nrgris ; posticce cinerece, ciliis 

 albidis. 



Noctua hirta, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 591. 

 Episema hirta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 224, 2250. 

 Heliophobus hirta, Boisd. Icon. Lep. d'Eur. pi. 74 ; Ind. Meth. 



112,862. Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 186. Dup. 



Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. 176, pi. 16, f. 4. Guenee, Ann. 



Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. viii. Bull. viii. ; Noct. i. 171, 268. 

 Neuria hirta, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 290, 339. 



South Russia. 



a. Odessa. Presented by Dr. Dowler. 



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



