788 CATALOGUE OF 



Europe. 



1. Placodes amethystina. 



Fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce cupreo-fuscce, maculis 

 tribus nigris discalibus albo ex parte marginatis, fasciis dua- 

 bus repandis pallide purpureis ; posticce pallide cinerece^ mar- 

 gine obscuriore. 



Noctua amethystina, H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. 69, pi. 130, 

 f. 597, 598". Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. 328, pi. 93, f. 3, 4. 



Trigonophora amethystina, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 217, 2163. 



Plusia amethystina, Treit. Schmett. v. 136, 1. 



Noctua (Hadena) amethystina, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 109, 49, pi. 

 101, f. 13. 



Placodes amethystina, Boisd. 2nd. Meth. 129, 1036. Guen. Noct. 

 ii. 316, 1124. 



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



2. Placodes Spencei. 



Alee anticce cinereo-fuscescentes, nitidce, roseo-lutece, maculis dua- 

 bus costalibus fuscis roseo separatis strigaque revoluta roseo- 

 albida ; posticce cinereo-fuscce, basi dilutiores. 



Placodes Spencei, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 129, 1038. Guen. Noct. ii. 

 316, 1125. 



Lombardy. 



North America. 

 3. Placodes cinekeola. 



Fusco-cinerea ; alee anticce obscuriores, fascia exteriore latissima 

 pallidiore lineis duabus albidis marginata, linea exteriore 

 lunula ta. 



Placodes cinereola, Guen. Noct. ii. 316, 1126. 



a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Asia. 



4. Placodes? fusco-maculata. 



Alee anticce cinerece fusco nebulosce et striata, ad costam maculis 

 duabus fuscis albo annulatis ; posticce subcinerece. 



Placodes fusco-maculata, Bremer und Grey, Beitr. zur Schmett. 

 Fauna des Nordlichen China's, 17, 89. 



North China. 



