EEP IDOPTERA. 
upon the teftimony of that gentleman. Nodua Caricse having been previoufly defcribed by Fabricius as a 
native of the Eaft Indies, and Noftua Verficolor as an inhabitant of the American iflands, but neither of 
them heretofore as Auftralalian infefts. 
It is rather Angular that in two infefts fo diffimilar to each other as No&ua Caricae and Dama, the 
fulvous fpot, and dots, at the bafe of the anterior wings fhould perfedly correfpond. 
NOCTUA FULYIA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Wings entirely fulvous: nerves of the anterior pair edged with black. 
Noctua Fulvia: alis concoloribus fulvis: anticarum nervis nigro-coftatis. 
A new fpecies. 
NOCTUA VERSICOLOR. r m . 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Thorax fmooth, deflexed, greyilh, or purplilh, with an abbreviated white band. 
ISoctua \ ersicolor : laevis alis deflexis grifeis live purpurafcentibus : 
Fair. Ent. SyJl.T.3. p. 2. p.4Q. Sp. 134. 
anticis fafcia abbreviata alba. 
