LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 625 



6. Xylina RHIZOLITHA. 



Carta ; caput antice nigro marginatum ; thorax fascia antica alba 

 nigro marginata ; abdomen cinerascens ; alee anticw linea 

 basali, macularum marginibus ex parte, guttis exterioribus 

 strigis obliquis costalibus punctisque marginalibus nigris ; 

 postica cinerascentes, ciliis albidis. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 284, a— d. 



Noctua rhizolitha, Wien. Verz. 75, 6. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 182, 



301 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 124, 373. Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 121, 



f. 6. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 345, 144. Hubn. Eur. Schmett. 



Noct. pi. 50 ; f. 242. Brahm, Ins. 62. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. 



Fr. vii. 187, pi. 112, f. 3. 

 Phalgena-Noctua rbizolitba, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2566, 1136. 

 Xylina rhizolitha, Treit. Schmett. v. 3, 21, 7. Meiq. Handb. 174, 



70; Syst. Besch. iii. 182, 5, pi. 110, f. 1. Steph. Ill Brit. 



Ent. Haust. ii. 170. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 150, 1204. Guen. 



Noct. ii. 119, 841. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 305, 



378. 

 Graptolitha rhizolitha, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 243, 2414. 

 Noctua Lambda, Haw. Lep. Brit. 61. 



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



i, k. England. 



/ — n Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



7. Xylina lapidea. 



Var. Cana ; abdomen cinerascens ; aim antica angustee, fusco 

 subliturat<je , linea discali dislocata macularum marginibus ex 

 parte strigisque marginalibus nigris, margine exteriore valde 

 obliquo ; posticm pallide testaceo-cinerascentes. 



Noctua lapidea, Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 382. 



Graptolitha lapidea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 243, 2415. 



Xylina lapidea, Treit. Schmett. v. 19. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. 



Suppl. iii. 381, pi. 34, f. 1. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 150, 1203. 



Guen. Noct. ii. 119, 842. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 



303, 374. 

 Var. Xvlina Leautieri, Boisd. Ind. Meth. Suppl. 6. Treit. Suppl. 



no. 



Var. Noctua Sabina?, Geyer, Schmett. f. 766, 767. 

 Xylina Sabina?, Treit. Suppl. 109. 



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

 c. Europe. From Dr. Frivaldsky's collection. 



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