Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3

by Dru Drury

PLATE XXII.

NOCTUA GUTTATA.

Plate [XXII]. fig. 1.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Noctuidæ, Steph.

Genus. Noctua, Auct. (Subgenus: ——?)

Noctua Guttata. alis griseis punctis nonnullis discoidalibus strigisque apicalibus obscurioribus. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 7½ lin.)

Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Guttata, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Habitat: "Brazil" (Drury, in text). "Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Foster, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).

Upper Side. Antennæ setaceous. Thorax and abdomen grey. Anterior wings light-coloured, almost grey, the middle having some dark spots on them, and a few dark streaks near the tips. Posterior wings darker coloured, without spots.