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the length of the second. Antennae slender, simple, much more 

 than half the length of the body. Thorax and abdomen slightly 

 crested, the latter extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 moderately stout; hind tibiss with four long spurs. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, slightly denticu- 

 lated, and very slightly convex and oblique along the exterior 

 border. 



Europe. 



1. PoLYPHL^ENIS SERICINA. 



Viridis ; thorax nigro varius ; abdomen cinereum ; alee antica 

 lineis transversis undulatis incompletis strigisque duabus pos- 

 ticis submarginalibus nigris, maculis ex parte minima nigro 

 marginatis, fascia exteriore angulosa albida nigro marginata; 

 posticce lutece, macula discali margineque lato nigricantibus , 

 ciliis pallidis. 



Var. Viridi-cinerea ; abdomen cinereum, vitta dorsali nigra ; ala 

 anticoe nebulosm, lineis transversis angulatis albis nigro 

 marginatis. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 431, a — c. 



Noctua sericina, Lang. Verz. 973. Esp. Schmett. iv. 183, pi. 108, 



f. 4. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 119, 47. 

 Noctua viridis, DeVill. Ins. iii. 



Noctua linogrisea, Hubn.Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 4, X, 

 Polia prospicua, Treit. Schmett. v. 59, 19. 

 Noctua prospicua, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. pi. 97, f. 4. 

 Noctua (Miselia) prospicua, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 128, 83, pi. 102, 



f.9. 

 Noctua prospicua, Boric. Eur. Schmett. iv. 122, 49. Hubn. Eur. 



Schmett. Noct. pi. 23, f. 108. Dup. Hist. Nat Lep. Fr. vi. pi. 



97, f. 4. 

 Polyphlaenis nebulifera, Guen. Ind. 245. 

 Polyphlasnis sericina, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 128, 1033. Guen. Noct. 



ii. 71,762. 

 Thalpophila prospicua, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. ii. 208, 2079. 



a, 6. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



