﻿1300 CATALOGUE OF 



denticulatse ; anticae apice subrotundatae, margine exleriore per- 

 parum obliquo ; posticae abdomen superantes. 



Patula, Guen, Noct. iii. 176. 

 Argiva, p., Huhn. Verz, Schmett. 272. 



Size very large. Body stout. Proboscis stout, rather long. 

 Palpi long, vertical ; second joint stout, pilose ; third slender, 

 slightly lanceolate, much more than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae slender, simple, more than half the length of the body. 

 Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wiugs ample, 

 not long, strongly denticulated. Fore wings somewhat convex 

 along the cosia ; apical angle somewhat rounded; exterior border 

 very slightly oblique. Hind wings extending beyond the abdomen. 



1. Patula Macrops. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; alee cupreo suhtinctce^ lineis transversis nigri- 

 eantibus undulatis et angulosis^ fascia suhmarginaii e strigu 

 suhlunatis nigris, lunulis suhmarginalibus maculisque subtus 

 albis ; anticcB ocello maximo ferrugineo lituris albis aut cceru- 

 leis, lunula margineque nigris, lunula antice dilatata. 



Phalaena-Noctua Macrops, Linn. Syst, Nat. 225. Cram. Pap. 



Exot, ii. 114, pi. 171, f. A, B. Sulz. Ins. pi. 22, f. 2. Gmel. 



ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2529, 968. 

 Noctua Bubo, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 209, 3 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 135, 3 ; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 9, 4. 

 Argiva Macrops, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 272, 2679. 

 Erebus Bubo, Boisd. Faune Ent. Mad. Bomb, et Maur. L^p, 



110, 1. 

 Patula Macrops, Guen. Noct. iii. 177, 1568. 



Madagascar. 



a, b. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Eev. D. F. Morgan. 



£, d. Port Natal. From M, Guienzius' collection. 



€. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



/. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



g. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



h, i. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection 



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