LEPIDOPTEBA UETEROCERA. 231 



Phalaena-Noctua Persicariae, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1208. Gmel. ed. 



Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2562, 142. 

 Noctua Persicarise, Wien. Verz. 71, 8. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 236, 132 ; 



Mant. Ins. ii. 177,268; Em. Syst. iii. 2, 111, 335. JSsp. 



Schmett. iv. pi. 129, f. 1, 2. Sepp, Ins. ii. pi. 10. Donov. Nat. 



Hist. Brit. Ins. ix. pi. 317. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 162, 66. 



H'ubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 13, f. 64. Haw. Lep. 



Brit. 88. 

 Noctua (Mamestva) Persicariae, Meig. Handb. 166, 46; Syst. 



Besch. iii. 138, 102, pi. 104, f. 4. 

 Melanchra Persicariae, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 118, 913. 

 Maoiestra Persicariae, Treit. Schmett. v. 2, 156, 11. Dup. Hist. 



Nat. Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 102, f. 4. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. 



ii. 196. Guen. Noct. i. 199, 315. 

 Var. Noctua accipitrina, Esp. Schmett. pi. 129, f. 4. 

 Hadena Persicariae, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 118, 913. 

 Polia Persicariae, Herr.-Schceff. Schmett. Eur. ii. 275, 288. 



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



r — u. England. 



x — aa. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



North America; 

 Group 1. 

 Like the second European group. 



20. Mamestea impulsa. 



Nigra ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce annulis reniformi et orbi- 

 culari lineisque transversis undulatis incompletis atris, gutta 

 discali punctisque exterioribus nonnunquam vix conspicuis 

 testaceis; posticce pallide cinerece, lineis duabus discalibus 

 abbreviatis margineque lato obscure cinereis. 



Mamestra impulsa, Guen. Noct. i. 194, 307. 



a — e. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday 



Esq. 



21. Mamestra passer. 



Cinereo-fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce annulis reniformi 

 et orbiculari incompletis, striga postica, lineolis exterioribus 

 nonnunquam obsoletis guttisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 cinerea. 



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