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38. Agrotts obelisca. 



Fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce maculis duabus subquad- 

 ratis discalibus lineisque duabus transversis exterioribus punc- 

 tatis nigris, maculis duabus subquadratis discalibus testaceis ; 

 posticce albidce, cinereo marginatce. 



-, Engr. Pap. dEur. 445, a, b. 



Noctua obelisca, Wien. Verz. 80,5. Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 



123. Haw. Lep. Brit. 177. God. Hist. Nat. Ldp. Fr. v. 214, 



pi. 64, f. 3. 

 Agrotis obelisca, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, 143, 9. Steph. III. Brit. 



Ent. Haust. ii. 124? Boisd. Ind. MethMlO, 840. Guen. 



Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. vi. 240 ; Noct. i. 291, 475. 

 Noctua pratineola, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 567. Bork. Eur. 



Schmett. 225. 

 Metaxya obelisca, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 223, 2235. 

 Bombyx molothina, Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 85, f. 1. 

 Noctua (Agrotis) obelisca, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 86, 8, pi. 92, f. 10. 



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



h. England. 



i — m. Europe. From M. Beckers collection. 



71, o. ? 



p — v. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 

 u. ? 



Var. Mas. Alee anticce ochraceo-cinerece, maculis duabus costaque 



albicantibus ; posticce albce ; aniennce pectinatce, apice jili- 



formes. Fcem. — Alee anticce cinereo-fuscce, posticce ad margi- 



nem late infuscatce ; antennce fill formes. 



Agrotis Villiersii, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 173, pi. 8, f. 1, 2. 



Geyer, Samml. Eur. Schmett. 869, 870. 

 Agrotis obelisca, var. C. Villiersii, Guen. Noct. i. 292. Boisd. Ind. 

 Meth. 110. 



Central France. Hungary. Several parts of Germany. 



Var. Mas. Alee an'Acee obscure fuscce,vitta costali alba lata, ma- 

 culis duabus ordinariis albidis ; posticce albce, apice nudce. 

 Fcem. — Ala anticce rufo-cinereee, vitta costali albida lata, 

 maculis duabus ordinariis albidis. 



Agrotis hastifera, Donzel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. v. 525, 1, pi. 



8, No. 1, f. 1,2. 

 Agrotis obelisca, var. A. hastifera, Guen. Noct. i. 291. 



Digne. 



