Abstract
THE subject of this volume of the “Catalogue of Moths” is the classification of part of the Noctuid subfamily Catocalinae. The remaining portion of the subfamily, together with the small subfamilies Mominse and Phytomatrinæ, will appear in vol. xiii. The Catocalinæ are represented in the present volume by sixty-three genera and 643 species, and are characterised as follows:—Vein 5 of the hind wing is developed fully and arises close to the lower angle of the cell; the eyes are smooth and not overhung by “cilia” the mid tibiæ are always spined, and the fore and hind tibiae may also be armed similarly. The subfamily is a modification of the Quadrifid section of the Noctuidæ; it is distributed fairly evenly in the temperate and tropical zones, but has few arctic or alpine forms.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
Vol. xii.: Catalogue of the Noctuidæ in the Collection of the British Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson. Pp. xiii + 626. (London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1913.) Price 17s. 6d.
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Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum . Nature 91, 30 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091030b0
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