Plate XII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ.
GENUS. NOCTUA, _Auct._ SUBGENUS. ----?
NOCTUA ANILIS. Alis badio-fuscis; strigis duabus obliquis, externâ
abbreviatâ, albis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Anilis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Virginia.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ small, filiform. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark
hair-coloured. Wings dark hair-coloured. Anterior having a narrow white
line crossing them, about the middle, from the anterior to the posterior
edges; between this and the tips is another short white streak placed on
the anterior edge. Posterior wings immaculate. Cilia ash-coloured.
_Under Side._ Palpi, breast, legs, and abdomen russet-coloured. Wings
also russet-coloured, with some faint marks, occasioned by the white
lines on the upper side appearing through. Margins of the wings entire.