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Santonici, Hu. (t. 357) ; iV". unanimis, which Freyer, judging from the 
caterpillar, would remove from Apamea to Hadena, whilst Boisduval 
places it in his genus Lwperina (t. 371) ; Cymatophora fiavicornis 
(t. 375), Xanthia citrago (376), Triphcena Jimbria (t. 381), Hadena leu- 
cophcBa (t. 382), Heliothis incarnata (t. 383), Catocala electa (t. 407). 
Bryand (Ann. Soc. Ent. d. Fr. xi. p. 37, t. 4, f. 1) has given a descrip- 
tion and figure of the caterpillar of Eriopus pteridis, which is very rare 
in France. Both the sexes of Stilbia stagnicola have been described by 
Graslin (ibid. p. 303, t. 13, f. 1-7), with the complete history of its 
metamorphosis. It is remarkable for the weak form of the fly, and 
robust caterpillar, corresponding entirely with those of Hadena or 
Orthosia. It lives exclusively on Graminece. He has also described the 
habits and caterpillar of Dianthoecia luteago (ibid. 313, t. 13, f. 8-10) ; 
it feeds on Silene infiata, the egg is laid on the outside of the plant in 
the beginning of June, the larva penetrates the nearest knots of the stalk, 
and descends gradually through the stalk to the root ; it is at its full 
growth in August, and becomes a pupa in the ground. 
Some remarks have been made on Diphthera Iwdijica in the 
“ Entom. Zeit.,” by Rosenhauer (p. 35) and Richter (p. 165). 
Many new species of the Noctuidce of Southern Russia (or rather 
West Russian Asia) have been made known by Eversmann (BuU. Mosc. 
1842, p. 543-555), and Freyer (Beitr.) : Agrotis valesiaca, Boisd. 
(Fr. t. 351), adu7nbrata, Ev. (p. 543), immunda, Ev. (t. 5, f. 3), deser- 
ticola, Ev. (t. 5, f. 4), rustica, Ev. ; Hadena leucodon, Ev. (Fr. t. 359), 
ochrostigma, Ev. ; Mamestra cervina, Ev. (p. 546), inf emails, Ev. ; 
Miselia nummosa, Fr. (t. 351) ; Leucania alopecura, Boisd. (Fr. 
t. 359), maculata, Ev. (t. 5, f. 4), lineata, Ev. ; Caradrina squalida, 
Ev., exilis, Ev. ; Orthosia cavernosa, Ev. (t. 5, f. 3) ; Cosmia imbuta, 
Boisd. (Fr. t. 359) ; Gortyna morio, Ev. {Apamea morio, Fr. t. 388) ; 
Xanthia ferrago, Ev. (Fr. t. 364) ; Cucullia rimula, cineracea, 7nixta, 
biornata (Fisch.), Fr. (t. 352) ; Balsamitce, Boisd. (Fr. t. 358, with the 
caterpillar) ; incana, Ev., Fr. (t. 388) ; fraudatrix, Ev. Fr. (t. 388), 
fuchsiana, Ev. (t. 5, f. 6, C. Fuchsii, Fr. t. 388), pustulata, Ev. (t, 5, 
f. 5), propinqua, Ev. (t. 5, f. 7) ; Plusia uraliensis, Fr. (t. 389, PI. illus- 
tris var. uralensis, Ev. p. 554), macrogamma, Ev. ; Anarta cora, Fr. 
(t. 389) ; Heliothis pulchra, Ev. (t. 5, f. 8) ; Anthophila concinnula, 
Boisd. (Fr. t. 360), parallela, Fr. (ibid.), amasina, Ev. 
Germar (Faun. Ins. Europ.) has also figured some West Siberian Noc- 
tuidce : Hadena cancellata, Caradrina chaldaica, Cucullia argyrea, 
magnifica, and Jlammifera ; of these, however, the first four have been 
already figured by Freyer, the third even earlier, by Esper, under the same 
name ; the last is the same with Cue. biornata, Fisch., Bull. Mosc. 1839. 
lonthe, a remarkable new genus of Noctuidce, has been characterized 
by E. Doubleday (Entomol. p. 297) ; the anterior wings are narrow, the 
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