Plate XX. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ.
GENUS. NOCTUA, _Auct._ SUBGENUS.--?
NOCTUA LUNATA. Alis fuscis, strigis multis transversis; anticis maculâ
centrali, alterâ angulatâ apicali, fasciâque obliquâ posticâ nigris.
(Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Lunata, _Drury, App. v._ 3.
HABITAT: Carolina, Virginia.
_Upper Side._ The antennæ light brown and setaceous. The tongue spiral.
Palpi not very hairy. The head, thorax, abdomen, and wings
hazel-coloured. Anterior wings with a waved line, of a dark brown colour,
placed near the anterior angle, beginning at the posterior and ending at
the external edge. At the shoulders, and along the anterior margin, are
several small dark brown clouds and marks, that {38}produce a darker
shade. Posterior wings with a series of narrow transverse waved lines,
extending from the middle to the external edges. All the wings are
dentated.
_Under Side._ The breast, abdomen, and wings are all of a paler hazel
colour. Anterior wings dappled with dark brown on the middle of the
anterior edge, and spotted with minute short brown streaks, as well as
the posterior.