LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 359 



Actebia praecox, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 21. Curt. Brit. 



Ent. xii. pi. 539. 

 Noctua (Polia) praecox, Meig. Syst. Besck. iii. 133,92, pi. 103 



f. 7. 

 Agrotis praecox, Treit. Schmett. v. 2, 60, 2. Guen. Noct. i. 296, 



485. 

 Spaelotis praecox, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 107, 803. 



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



i — k. England. 



i,-m. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



North America. 

 2. Hapalia indicans. 



Mas et fcem. Pallide viridis ; -palpi fusci ; abdomen testaceum, 

 basi albidum ; alee anticce lituris costalibus fasciisque albis 

 nigro marginatis, maculis duabus luteis, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi indistinctis, ciliis albis nigro notatis ; posticce albidce, 

 venis mar gineque fusee scentibus, ciliis albis. 



Male and female. Pale green. Palpi mostly brown. Abdo- 

 men pale testaceous, whitish towards the base. Fore wings with 

 white black-bordered marks along the costa, and with white black- 

 bordered undulating bands ; two luteous spots, one between the 

 orbicular and reniform spots, which are indistinct, the other behind 

 the first ; cilias white, with black lunules. Hind wings whitish, 

 brown in front and with a narrow brown border ; veins also brown ; 

 ciliae white. Length of the body b\ — 6 lines ; of the wings 

 13—14 lines. 



a, b. E. Florida. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



South America. 



3. Hapalia glaucoptera. 



H. praecox affinis ; alee anticce macula reniformi maxima valde 

 excavata, claviformi e striga atra, fascia rufoferruginea 9 

 strigis tribus costalibus nigris, nebula apud maculas nigricante, 

 venis nigro strigatis ; postica nigricantes, ciliis fiavescentibus. 



Agrotis glaucoptera, Guen. Noct. i. 297, 486 



Brazil. 



