LEPIUOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 7 



Noctua, p., Fair.; Wien. Verz.; Esp.; H'ubn. ; Haw.; Donov. ; 



Bruand, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. '2me Ser. vii. 42. 

 Thyatira, p., Ochs. ; Treit. ; Dup.; Boisd. ; Guen. ; Steph.; Herr.- 



SchcBff. 

 Strophia, p., Meigen. 

 Calleida, Sodoff, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 14, 1837. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long-. Palpi as- 

 cending, extending: a little beyoud the head ; second joint very 

 pilose ; third joint slender, linear, rather short. Antennce minutely 

 serrated. Abdomeu not extending beyond the hind wiuiis. Legs 

 rather slender ; hind tibiae with lour long spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings hardly convex in front, rounded at the tips, 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



Europe. 



1. Thyatira. Batis. 



Fusca ; thorax lineoUs transversis undulosis albidis ; abdomen 

 albidum ; ala antica maculis tribus basalihus tribusque exte- 

 rioribus fuscis albo-nigroque marginatis, his ex parte roseis ; 

 posticcs pallide fuscce, basi ciliis fasciaque albidis. 



' , Reaum. Ins. i. pi. 7. Merian, Ins. Eur. iii. pi. 21, 



f. 1. Roes. Ins. iv. pi. 26. JVilkes, pi. 10, f. 6. Harr. Ex. 



pi. 13, f. 3; V.3I. 13. 

 Thyatira Batis, Treit. Schmett. Eur. 2, 162, J. H'ubn. Verz. 



Sehmett. 236, 2355. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vii. 46, pi. 103, 



f. 3. Curt. Brit. Ent. ii. pi. 72. Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iii. 



48, 2; Cat. Brit. Lep. 103, I. Boisd. hid. Melli. 130, 1041. 



Guen. Ind. 245; Hist. Nat. Nod. 12, 3. Herr.-Schcpf. Eur. 



Schmett. ii. 170, 9. 

 Phalaena-Noctua Batis, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. 2,286, 97 ; Faun. Suec. 



1158. Gmel. ed. Sijst. Nat. i. 5, 2546, 97. 

 Noctua Batis, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 216, 42; JIanl. Ins. ii. 141, 56 ; 



Ent. Si/st. iii. 2, 30, 73. Wien. Verz. f. 1, 7. Esp. Schmett. 



iv. pi. 86, f. 6—S; pi. 103, f. 7—9. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 



159, 65. Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. Nod. 14, pi. 65. Haw. Lep. 



Brit. 245. 

 Strophia Batis, Meig. Handb. Ent. 166, 47, pi. 12, f. 10; Si/st. 



Beschr. Eur. Schmett. 174, 1, pi. 109, f. 6. 



a, b. England. From Mr. Carter's collection. 

 c — /. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 771. England. From Mr. Stevens' coUecliou. 



