PLATE XXIII.
NOCTUA MELICERTA.
Plate [XXIII]. fig. 1.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Noctuidæ.
Genus. Noctua, Auct.
Noctua Melicerta. Alis anticis variegatis, posticis nigris, fasciâ maculisque tribus marginalibus albis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Melicerta, Drury, Append. v. 2. Cramer, tab. 62. fig. C. D.?
Noctua mercatoria, Fab. Ent. Syst. III. 2. p. 62. No. 175.? Gmelin, Linn., S. N. 2544. 1039.
Noctua tigrina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 2. p. 40. No. 105. Oliv. Enc. Méth. 8. 277. 131.