LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 401 



South America. 

 Group 1. 

 Like the sixth European group. 



31. Graphiphora major. 



Rufo-ferruginea ; palpi ascendentes, articulo 2o cylindrico Ion* 

 giusculo ; abdomen testaceo-cinerascens ; alee anticce violaceo 

 nigricante tinctce, macula reniformi testaceo marginata et 

 signata, margine exteriore subundulato ,• posticce cervino - 

 cinerecE. 



Noctua major, Guen* NocL i. 334, 560. 



a, b. Eio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



32. Graphiphora albirena. 



Foem. G. majori valde affinis, minor; alee angustiores; anticce 

 apice plus acutce ; macula reniformis maxima, informis, alba, 

 umbra nigricante marginata, linea subterminali e punctisjla- 

 vescentibus. 



Noctua albirena, Guen. Noct. L 335, 561. 



Brazil. 



33. Graphiphora maja. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca; abdomen cinereum, apice cervinum ; alee 

 anticce cinereo subtinctce, lineis transversis obscure fuscis in- 

 distinctis undulatis, macula subcostali nigra, lituris costalibus 

 et submarginalibus albidis, guttis submarginalibus nigris, 

 orbiculari et reniformi albido marginatis, hac fusco notata ; 

 posticce fuse o-cinerece, ciliis testaceis, 



Noctua maja, MSS. 



Male, Ferruginous-brown. Abdomen cinereous, fawn-colour 

 at the tip. Fore wings with a slight cinereous tinge; transverse 

 lines dark brown, indistinct, undulating ; the exterior one with 

 a black spot near the costa ; some minute whitish marks along the 

 costa, and on the submarginal black dots ; orbicular and reniform 

 spots with whitish outlines, the former more or less indistinct, the 

 latter partly including a diffuse indistinct dark brown spot. Hind 

 wings brownish cinereous, with testaceous ciliae. Length of the 

 body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



2 M 3 



