534 CATALOGUE OF 



half the length of the hody. Abdomen crested, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four long 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, 

 rounded at the tips, very slightly convex and moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae minutely serrated. 



1. Lamprosticta culta. 



Alba, nigro varia ; abdomen fasciculis dorsalibus albo-nigris ; ala 

 fiisece, maculis nonnullis nigris, lineis transversis undulatis 

 ocellisque trifais nigro-albis ; pontics albce margaritacece, ma- 

 cula apud angulum interiorem (mas) aut marginibus (fee in.) 

 nigricayitibus. 



— , Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 327, a — c. Schaff. Icon. i. pi. 



66. 



Phalaena-Noctua culta, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2570, 1154. 

 Noctua culta, Wien. Verz. 70, 4. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 165, 224 ; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 94, 271). Esp. Sehmett. iv. pi. 120, f. 4. 



Boric. Eur. Sehmett. iv. 145, 58. Hiibn. Eur. Sehmett. Noct. 



pi. 7, f. 34. Dup. Hist. Nat. Up. Fr. v. pi. 95, f. 4. Frey* 



Bcitr. i. pi. 93. 

 Phalama viridana, Naturf. 1779, pi. 3, f. 5. 

 Lamprosticta culta, Hilbn. Verz. Sehmett. 207, 2072. 

 Noctua (Miselia) culta, Meig. Syst. Beseh. iii. 125, 77, pi. 102, 



f. 5. 

 Miselia culta, Treit. Sehmett. v. 395, 5. Boisd. Ind. MM. 124, 



985. 

 Chariptera culta, Guen. Noct. ii. 56, 744. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. 



Sehmett. ii. 294, 348. 



a — e. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Lamprosticta gemmea. 



Viridi-fuscescens ; thorax faseiis anticis vittisque duabus late- 

 rati bus arenatis fusceseentibus ; alee antiac ocellis duobus 

 iliscalibus, maculis posticis guttisque eostalibus albis nigro 

 marginatis. lineis transversis angulosis nigris; postiac cine- 

 rascenteSy faseiis duabus angustis margineque fusceseentibus. 



Miselia gemmea, Treit, Sehmett.. v. 393 ; Suppl. 52. Boisd. Ind. 

 MM, 124, 986. Dup. Hist. Nat. Up. Fr. Suppl. iii. 269, pi. 

 24, f. 1. 



