524 CATALOGUE OF 



Orthosia Luneburgensis, Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. Eur. ii. 201,63, 



pi. 83, f. 428—430. 

 Epunda Luneburgensis, Guen. Noct. ii. 45, 729. 



Hanover. 



2. Epunda nigra. 



Nigra; thorax linea transversa atra ; abdomen cinereum ; alee 

 anticce lineis transversis undulatis atris, reniformi ex parte 

 testaceo marginata, fascia exteriore obliqua subobsoleta atra ; 

 posticce maris albce, foeminae cinerece. 



— , Engr. Pap. oVEur. 555, a — c. 



Noctua nigra, Haw. Lep. Brit. 89. 



Noctua nigricans ? H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 538. 



Hadena aethiops, Ochs. Syst. Gloss. Treit. Schmett.\v.1S4; Suppl. 



28. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. Suppl. v. pi. 1 , f. 1. 

 Charaeas nigra, Steph. III. Brit. Eni. Haust. ii. 110, pi. 20, f. 2. 

 Noctua aethiops, Geyer, Schmett. f. 861. Frey. Beitr. ii. pi. 147 ; 



iii. pi. 221. 

 Hadena aethiops, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 117, 912. 

 Polia aethiops, H erf.- S chaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 270. 

 Polia serpentina, Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. ii. 275, 290, pi. 15, f. 



72, 73. 

 Epunda nigra, Guen. Noct. ii. 47, 73 1 . 



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

 h, i. Scotland. From Mr. FoxcrofYs collection. 

 j — I. England. 



Genus 8. DERTHISA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, porrecti, 

 pilosi ; articulus 3ns minimus. Antennae corporis dimidio valde 

 longiores. Pedes validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. 

 Alae angustae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundntae, margine 

 exteriore snbdenticulato sat obliquo. Mas. — Antennae late pecti- 

 natae. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans. Fcem.— Antennae 

 subciliatae. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. 



Epunda, p., Guen. 



Colocasia, p., et Brithys, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 201, 226. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, porrect, pilose ; 

 third joint extremely minute, not one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae much more than half the length of the body. 



