226 CATALOGCE OF 



11. MAMESTRA CESPITIS. 



Nigricans ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce maculis reniformi et 

 orbiculari lineisque transversis angulosis atris cinereo margi- 

 natis ; posticce albidce, cinereo marginatce. 



-, Engr. Pap, oVEur. 459, a — c. 



Noctua cespitis, Wien. Verz. 82, 2. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 156, 

 148 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 191. Kleem, Beit. Ins. Gesch. i. pi. 29, 

 f. 1 — 10. Bork. Eur. SchmetL 163. Hubn. Samml. Eur. 

 Schmett. 428. 



Phalaena-Noctua cespitis, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2543, 1035. 



Hadena cespitis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 115. Dup. Hist. Nat. 

 Lep. Fr. iv. 26, pi. 102. 



Charaeas cespitis, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. ii. 109. Westio. fy H, 

 Brit. Moths, i. 11 1, pi. 22, f. 4, 5. 



Noctua Hordei, Schrank, Faun. Boic. iu I, 351. 



Tholera cespitis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 215, 2139. 



Var. Agrotis autumnalis, Curt. Brit. Ent. 165. 



Var. Charaeas confinis, Steph. III. Brit. EnL Haust. ii. 109. 



Luperina cespitis, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 113, 866. Guen. Noct. i. 284, 

 285. 



Polia cespitis, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 269, 268. 



a. England. From Mr. Haworth's collection. 

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

 h, i. England. 

 j — k. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Group 2. 



Abdomen subcristatum. Alae anticae margine exteriore integro, 

 rotundato ; macula reniformis guttis exterioribus pallidis. 



Abdomen slightly crested. Exterior border of the fore wings 

 entire, rounded ; reniform marked exteriorly with one or several 

 pale dots. 



12. Mamestka abjecta. 



Cinerea ; abdomen canum ; alee anticce lineis transversis undulatis 

 incompletes canis ex parte nigro marginatis, gutta punctoque 

 discalibus canis, sirigis exterioribus lanceolatis nigris ; pos- 

 ticce albidce, margine cinereo. 



Noctua abjecta, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 116, 539. 



Luperina abjecta, Boisd. Ind. Mith. 114, 875. 



