NOCTUIDiE. 
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Polia obvia=? Hadma dentina) Xanthia suhflana—citragOy yf\x.fX.veterina=i 
Iladena (ead.)y Led., X. vulpina — tmlpeculay Led., X. senica—^ Acronycta 
Uteratay Brem. ; Cucullia consors—campamdcB, Frey. ; Plusta renardi— that of 
H.-S. & Led.; Anthophila argillacea—Thalpochares polygrammay Dup. ; 
clidia cuspidea {nec Hiibn.) = ? glyphicay var. ; and Agrotis rutay armenay 
deserticola and fallax, and Plusta uralensis are respectively good species. 
Bebcb, in the 2nd (and concluding) part of vol. iv. of the ‘Faune Ento- 
mologique Fran 9 aise ' (Lepidopteres Heteroceres, Noctiise, 12mo, Paris : 1870, 
pp. 263, pis. 39-46), discusses the NoctuidcBy from the Cosmiidce to the 
Poaphilidce. 
Rambur, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i., describes in detail the following Noc~ 
tuidcBy briefly characterized b}^ him, 1. c. (4) x. Bull. pp. xxx & xxxi & Ixviii ; 
— Triphama sarmata, p. 316, Cerastis ruhigo, p. 317, Ccrigo amathusiay^. 319, 
Valeria (?) spilogramma, p. 321. 
MiLiiiERE (Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, n. s., xviii.) figures and describes the transfor- 
mations ot PhyUophila ohliteratay^. 27, pi. 103. figs. 13-15; Xylocampa lithorhizay 
p. 29, pi. 104. figs. 1-3; Polyphcenis sericina, p. 32, pi. 104. figs. 4-8 ; Heliothis 
nuhigeray p. 36, pi. 104. figs. 9 & 10. 
Behr (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. iii. pp. 23-28) gives a synopsis of the Noctuidce 
hitherto observed in California, including some new species. 
Lists of Noctuce : of Morayshire, by G. Norman, and of Paisley, by J. Duns- 
more, Scot. Nat. i. pp. 16-19 ; taken at sugar at Elberfeld, Maassen, S. E. Z. 
xxxii. pp. 26-28. 
Eudryas grata and unio. Larva3 and imago of the former described and 
figured by Riley, Rep. Ins. Miss. ii. pp. 83-86. 
Acronycta auricoma. A small specimen described by Krause, S. E. Z. 
xxxii. p. 136. 
A, leporina. On the direction of the hairs in the larva, see C. G, Bignell, 
Rep. Plym. Inst. iv. pp. 156 & 166. 
A. ohlinitay Sm. & Abb. Transformations figured and described by Riley, 
1. c. iii. pp. 70-72. 
A. americanay Harr., is quite distinct from acericolay Gu^n. : id. ibid. 
p. 121. 
Leucania albipunctay Harr. Transformations figured and described by 
Riley, 1. c. ii. pp. 41-60. 
Tapinostola elytni. Larva described by W. Buckler, Ent. M. M. viii. 
pp. 08 & 09. 
Mamestra pictay Harr. Larva and imago figured and described by Riley, 
1. c. ii. pp. 112 & 113. 
Aporophila nigray Haw., new to Holland, P. 0. T. Snellen, Tijdschr. Ent. 
(2) vi. p. 181. 
Miana arcuosa. Larva described by Buckler, 1. c. vii. p. 260. 
Caradrina hlanda (auctt. angll.). F. B. White refers this species to C. 
taraxaciy H. { = blanday Tr.), Faun. Perth, p. 16. 
Agrotis. For account of a species destructive to crops in Tasmania, of. 
P. R. Soc. Tasm. 1870, pp. 32 & 33. 
A. helvetinuy Boisd., has occurred in England. Described by Knaggs, Ent. 
Ann. 1872, pp. 116 & 116. 
A. segctum and other similar larvre are sometimes attacked by a fungus : 
Cohn, JB. schles. Ges. xlvii. pp. 184 & 185. 
