lepidopteha heteeocera, 67 



Group 3. 



Palpi caput non superanies. Abdomen <ilas posticas paullo 

 superans. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae apud marginem exierio- 

 rem mediocriter oblique. 



Palpi not extending beyond the head. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings moderately oblique along the exterior border. 



4. SiMYEA VENOSA. 



Alba; thorax vix cervino suffusus ; alee antic cb pallidissime cer- 

 vines, fusco obsolete punctatcB, lineis duabus discalibus fusces- 

 centibus, punctis marginalibus niyris. 



Deg. Ins. ii. 415, pi. 7. 



Noctiia venosa, Bork. Eur. Schneti. iv. 116, 318. 



8imyra venosa, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 281, 2; SuppL x. 84. 



"Dap. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. viii. 343, pi. 120, f. 7. Sleph. III. 



Brit. Haiist. iii. 82, 2; Cat. Brit. Lep. 138, 1. Westiv. ^- H. 



Brit. Moths, i. 220, pi. 48, i. 3. Guen. Ann. Soc. Eat. Fr. vi. 



237 ; Noct. i. 62, 85. 

 I>eucania venosa, 3Ieig. Sgst. Besch. Eur. Schmett. iii. 166, 1, pi. 



108, f. 3. Boisd. Ind Meth. 1, 136, 1092. 

 Noctua degener, Sepp, Ins. ii. pi. 3, f. 429. Hubn. Eur. Schmett. 



Noct. pi. 81, f. 380. 

 Noclua atomina, Haiv. Lep. Brit. 175, 43. 

 Symira degener, H'libn. Verz. Schmett. 240, 2386. 

 Symira venosa, Herr.-Schccjf. Eiir. Schmett. ii. 180, 9. 



a — </. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection 

 h. England. From Mr. Carter's collection. 

 i — I. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Subdiv. 2. 



A. Palpi subobsoleli. - - Fam. 2. Glottulid^, Guen. 



B. Palpi disiincti. 



A. AlaB pallida. ... Fam. 1. Leucaxid-i:, Guen. 



B. Aloe obscuraB aut variegatce. 



A. Proboscis longa. Palpi ascendentes. Pedes validi. Als 

 obscuras. 



