Excerpt from Catalogue of the Noctuidae: In the Collection of the British Museum The subject of Vol. XII. of the 'Catalogue of Moths' is the classification of part of the Noctuid subfamily Catocalin . The remaining portion of the subfamily, together with the small subfamilies Monn and Phytomaltrin, will appear in Vol. XIII., in which the "Key to the Genera" and the "Phylogeny of the Catocalin " will be reprinted. The Catoealin are represented in the present volume by 63 genera and 643 species, and are characterized as follows: - Vein 5 of the hind wing is fully developed and arises from close to the lower angle of the cell; the eyes are smooth and not overhung by "cilia"; the mid tibiae are always spined, and the fore and hind tibiae may also be similarly armed. The subfamily is a modification of the great Quadrifid section of the Noctuid, many of its most divergent types having close parallels in the very large subfamily Noctuin, which will be classified immediately after the Phytometrin it is fairly evenly distributed in the temperate and tropical Zones, but has few Arctic or Alpine forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."