﻿1354 CATALOGUE OF 



Legs very stout, femora very pilose ; hind tibiae with long stout 

 spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, straight along the costa, slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border, which is not or hardly denticulated. 



Europe. 



1. OpHIODES TlRRH^A. 



Viridis, suhtus pallide lutea ; abdomen luteuyn ; alee anticce orbi- 

 culari punctiformi, reniformi^ litura costali margineque lato 

 inciso fuscis ; posticce liitece fascia lata, abbreviata nigra. 



Phalasna-Noctua Tirrhaea, Cram. Pap. Exot, ii. 15, pi. 172, f. E. 



Gmel ed. Syst. Nat, i. 5, 2533, 990. 

 Noctua Tyrrhaea, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 213, 19; Mant. Ins. ii. 137, 23 ; 



Ent. Sgst. iii. 2, 18, 32. Schwarz. Beitr. 77, pi. 11, f. 5, 



Oliv, Enc. Meth. vi. 47. God. Up. Fr. v. 119, pi. 65, f. 1. 

 Noctua vesta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 141, f. 1. Bork. Eur. Schmett. 



iv. 115,45. 

 Noctua olivacea, Vill. Ent. Linn. 334, pi. 5. 

 Noctua auricularis, H'ubn. Noct. pi. Q6, f. 321. 

 Phoberia Twrh^dd^Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 268, 2622. 

 Ophiusa Tirrhsea, Treit. Schmett. v. 300, 7. Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. j 



203, 1, pi. 114, f. I. Boisd. Ind: Meth. 169, 1349. \ 



Ophiodes Tirrhsea, Guen. Noct. iii. 229, 1634. 



Note. — Cramer's figure, which is from a Cape specimen, pro- 

 bably does not refer to this species, but to a variety of O. hottentota. 



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

 e. — ? 



2. Ophiodes lunaris. 



Cervina, subtus pallida; abdomen pallidum; alee anticce albido 

 plus minusve varice, lineis tribus transversis albidis fusco ^ 

 marginatis, la 2aque vix undulatis, Sa angulosa^ punctis 

 manjinalibus nigris, orbiculari et reniformi nigro-fuscis^ hac j 

 elongata extus ii>cisa, ilia punctiformi ; posticce pallidce, di- 

 midio apicali fi/scescente. 



Geoff\ Ins. Par. 153. Engr. Pap. d'Eiir. 599, a — i. 



Noctua lunaris, Wien. Verz. 94, I. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 153, 

 135 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 63, 178. Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 87, f. 4.-6. 

 Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 799, 368. Sepp, Ins. iv. pi. 35, 36. 

 Hubn. Noct pi. 66, f. 322. God. Up. Fr. v. 122, pi. bb, f. 2. 

 Panz. Faun. Germ. 43, 22. Frey. Britr. pi. 105. 



