﻿LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1419 



wings more or less acute, straight along the costa, slightly or mode- 

 rately oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae with ex- 

 tremely minute ciliae. Abdomen slightly tufted at the tip. 



Europe. 



1. Ophiusa algira. 



Fusco-cervina^ suhtus fusco-cinerasceiis ; alee anticcB fascia lata 

 apud medium contractu carneo-albida, fascia exteriore fusco- 

 cervina postice atteniiata extus subangulata et undulata albo- 

 quemarginata^ spatio lato marginali fusco-cinerascente, punctis 

 duobas costalibus subapicalibus albis, maculis duabus apicali- 

 bus punctisque submarginalibus nigris ; postiece fuscce, fascia 

 albida, margine cinerascente. 



Engr, Pap. d*Eur. 531, c. d. 



Phalaena-Noctua Algira, Gniel. ed Sj/st. Nat. i. 5, 2547, 98. 

 Noctua AUnra, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 87, f. 1. Bork. Ear. Schmett. 



iv. 6, 3. God. Lep. Fr. v. 3, pi. 53, f. 3. Oliv. Enc. Meth. vi. 



141. 

 Noctua Achatina, Sulz. Roem. 75, pi. 2. 

 Noctua triangularis, H'libn. Noct. pi. QQ^ f. 323. 

 Dysgonia Algira, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 269, 2641. 

 Ophiusa Algira, Treit. Schmett. v. 308, 11. Meig. Handb. 186, 104, 



pL 13, f. 3. Sgst. Besch. iii. 207, 8, pi. 113, f. 7. Boisd. lad. 



Meth. 170, 1363. Gaen. Noct. iii. 207, 8, pi. 113, f. 7. 



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

 c— /. Europe. 



North America. 



A. Alae anticae lineis tranversis albidis. - bistriaris, Hdbn. 



B. Alag anticae lineis nuUis albidis. 



A, Alae anticae litura subapicali nigricante. 



A. Alae anticae fascia exteriore biangulata. - Smithii, Guen. 



B. Alae anticae fascia exteriore uniangulata. consobriua, Gaen. 

 c. Alae anticae fascia nulla exteriore. - - sirailis, Guen. 



B. Alae anticae litura nulla subapicali - - atomaris, H'ubn. 



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