550 CATALOGUE OF 



extending a little or full one-third of its length beyond the hind j 

 wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings mo- 

 derately broad, rather long. Fore wings straight in front, rounded 

 at the tips, denticulated and moderately or slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border. Male. — Antennae more or less minutely 

 ciliated. 



A. Alae anticae viridescentes. - - herbida, Wien. Verz. 



B. Alae anticae non viridescentes. 



A. Alae anticae cinerascentes aut fuscescentes. 



a. Alae anticae maculis conspicuis. - - occulta, Linn. 

 B. Alae anticae maculis vix conspicuis. - advena, Wien. Verz. 



B. Alae anticae albidae nebulosa, H'ufn. 



C. Alae anticae ferrugineo aut ochraceo variae. 



a. Alae anticae ferrugineo variae. - - tincta, Brahn. 

 B. Alae anticae ochraceo variae. 



a. Minor, obscurior. - Schoennherri, Boisd, 



b, Major, pallidior. - speciosa, Hubn. 



1. EUEOIS HERBIDA. 



Fusco-viridis ; caput et thorax nigro alboque varia ; abdomen et 

 alee posticce cinereo-fuscescentia ; alee anticce nigro conspersce, 

 annulis duabus lineisque transversis undulatis albis nigro 

 marginatis. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 465, a, b. 



Noctua herbida, Wien. Verz.O, 10, 11. Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. 



f. 76, 505. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. 395, pi. 97. Frey. 



Alt. Beit. pi. 40, f. 131 ; Ent. Zeit. Stett. ii. 95. 

 Noctua egregia, Esp. Schmett. pi. 119, f. 7; 188. View. 116. 



Lang. 918. 

 Noctua prasina, Wien. Verz. O, 11. Boric. Eur. Schmett. iv. 175. 



Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 281. 

 Noctua jaspidea, Bork. Eur. Schmett. 176. 

 Noctua mixta, Haw. Lep. Brit. 74. 

 Polia herbida, Treit. Schmett. ii. 56. Curtis, Brit, Ent. pi. 248. 



Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 30, pi. 27. Herr.-Schceff. 



Schmett. Eur. ii. 263, 247. 

 Aplecta herbida, Guen. Ind. 245 ; Noct. ii. 75, 765. Boisd. Ind. 



Mith. 123, 979. 

 Eurois herbida, Hubn. Verz, Schmett. 218, 2175. 



Europe. North America. 



