LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 511 



Hecatera monticola, Guen. Noct. ii. 31, 710. 

 Hecatera laudabilis ? 



South France. % 



7. Hecatera Cappa. 



Alba ; caput et thorax nigro guttata ; thorax lineolis nigris ; alee 

 anticcB lineis transversis undulatis nigris, linea submarginali 

 angulosa, maculis nigro marginatis, plaga discali inter macu- 

 las maculaque costali subapicali cinereis ; posticee margine 

 diviso pallide fuscescente. 



Noctua Cappa, H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 95, f. 447. Dup. 



Hist. Nat. Up. Fr. vi. pi. 99, f. 5. 

 Polia Cappa, Treit. Schmett. v. 7, 1. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 126, 1010. 



Herr.-Scheeff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 267, 262. 

 Antitype Cappa, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 212, 2116. 

 Noctua (Polia) Cappa, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 130, 86, pi. 101, f. 9. 

 Hecatera Cappa, Guen. Noct. ii. 31, 711. 



a, b. Europe. From iU. Becker's collection. 

 c. Europe. From Dr. Frivaldsky's collection. 



North America. 



8. Hecatera laudabilis. 



Albo-viridis ; thorax nigro fasciatus ; abdomen cinerascens ; alee 

 anticee macula basali, lituris costalibus lineisque undulatis 

 albis nigro marginatis, plaga maxima discali fuscescente orbi- 

 cularem et reniformem includente ; posticee albee, margine 

 fusco. 



Hecatera laudabilis, Guen. Noct. iii. 30, 709. 



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

 c, d. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



South America. 



9. Hecatera olivocincta. 



Roseo-alba ; alee anticee lituris nebulosis vix determinatis, lineis 

 duabus medianis nigris interrupts, umbra mediana latissima 

 recta lineaque submarginali valde sinuata muscoso viridibus, 

 maculis duabus posticis nigris vagis, orbiculari et reniformi 

 indistinctis, ilia rotunda punctum viride includente, guttis 

 marginalibus nigris, ciliis olivaceis albisque ; posticee Jiaves- 

 cente-albidee, fascia lineaque marginali nigricantibus. 



