﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1183 



A. Alae anticae vitta nulla basali nigra. 



A. Alae anticas non j^laucescentes - - - electa, Bnrk. 



B. Alae anticae glaucescentes - - - - pacta, Linn, 



B. Alae anticae vitta basali nigra. 



A, Alae posticae margine nigro interrupto. hupmsLj Herr.-SchcBjf, 



B. Alae posticae margine nigro non interrupto. - optata, God, 



6, Catocala electa. 



Obscure cinerea ; alcB anticce fasciis deniiculatis annulogue discali 

 nigris, fascia exieriore annuloque discali nigris, fascia ex- 

 teriors lunulisque suhmarginalihus nigris albo marginatis ; 

 posticcB coccinece, fascia margineque lato nigris^ ciliis albis, 



-, Roes, Ins, i. pi. 15, f. 2, 5. Engr, Pap, d'Eur, 



bQQ^ a, g, e, f. 



Noctua pacta, Wien. Verz, 90, 3. Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 98. 

 Noctua electa, Bork. Eur, Schmett, iv, 26, 8. Hubn, Eur, Schmett, 



Noct. pi. 70, f. 33. 

 Lamprosia electa, Hubn, Verz, Schmett, 277, 2723. 

 Catocala electa, Treit. Schmett. v. 355, 9. Meig, Syst, Besch, iii. 



216, 5, pi. 116, f. 3. Boisd, Ind, Meth. 168, 1336. Guen, 



Noct, iii. 87, 1436. Dup, Hist, Nat. Lep, Fr, Suppl, vii. pi. 1, 



f. 2. 



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

 c — e, Europe. 



7. Catocala optata. 



Cinerea; thorax nigro fasciatus ; alee anticce vitta basali^ lituris 

 costalibus lineisque transversis valde deniiculatis nigris; 

 posticcB rosece, fascia abbreviata margineque lato nigris^ ciliiss 

 sordide albidis, 



Noctua optata, God, Lep, v. 63, pi. 47. 



Catocala optata, Treit, Suppl, 162. Boisd, Ind, Meth, 167, 1334. 



Guen, Noct, iii. 87, 1437. 

 Noctua optabilis, Geyer^ Zutr, f. 733, 736. 



France, Spain. 



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



8. Catocala lupin a. 



Cinerea; alee anticee vitta basali nigra^ liners transversis valde 

 deniiculatis pallidis nigrisque ; posticee roseee, fascia abbre- 

 viata margineque interrupto nigris, ciliis albidis. 



