576 CATALOGUE OF 



Group 5. 



Statura mediocris aut sat magna. Ala? anticae maculis lineis- 

 que bene determinatis, linea submarginali lituram bidentatam dis- 

 tinctam fingente. 



Species of moderate or rather large size. Fore wings with 

 well-defined discal spots and transverse lines ; the submarginal line 

 forming a distinct bidentate mark. 



36. Hadena thalassina. 



Ferruginosa; thoracis fascia biarcuata abdominisque crista 

 nigrce ; ala antica guttis costalibus, annulis duobus discalibus 

 (exteriore extus emarginato), linea postica furcata strigisque 

 exterioribus lanceolatis nigricantibus, gutlis costalibus, macu- 

 lis duobus costalibus lineisque transversis angulatis subtestaceis ; 

 postica cinerea, litura discali obscuriore, linea postica pal- 

 lidiore* 



-, Engr. Pap. a" Eur. 494, a, b. 



Noctua thalassina, Naturf. ix. 119. Ber 1. Mag. in. 298. Bork. 



Eur. Schmett. iv. 383, 157. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. 292, 



pi. 91, f. 3. Fret/. Beitr. i. pi. 27. 

 Noctua Achates, Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 133, f. 610. 

 Astrapetis Achates, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 219, 2194. 

 Noctua (Mamestra) thalassina, Meig.Syst.Besch. 142, 109, pi. 105, 



f. 3. 

 Noctua humeralis? Haw. Lep. Brit. 84. 

 Hadena thalassina, Treit. Schmett. v. 342, 15. Herr.-Schaff. Fur. 



Schmett. ii. 280, 304. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 182. 



Guen. lnd. 244 ; Noct. ii. 103, 820. Boisd. Ind. Mtih. 120, 



949. 



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



i — /. England. 



m, q. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



37. Hadena contigua. 



Cinerea ; crista, thoracisque fascia antica et vittce duce postica 

 obliqua nigra ; ala antica strigis basalibus, gutlis costalibus, 

 annulis duobus plagaque diffusa discalibus, lineis transversis 

 undulatis, strigisque lanceolatis exterioribus nigris, fascia in- 

 terrupta media lineaque transversa angulata exteriore albis ; 

 postica canescentesy margine cinerascente. 



