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2. Oria mac u lata. 



Alba ; alee anlicce testacea:, fasciis interrupiis obliquis albis, striga 

 discali macuUsqiie ciliaribus fuscis ; posiicce apud man/hies 

 fuscescentes. 



Leucania? niaculata, Eversm. Faun. VoUjo. Ural, 267, 

 Sjnia maculata, Gum. Noct. i. 67, 87. 



Ural Region. 



a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 2. DTATARAXIA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi breves, 

 pilosi, ca]iut vix superantes ; articulus 3us 2i dimidio brevior. Au- 

 lenuce maris subserratae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor loni^is. Alas breviiiscuke, 

 sat angustGB ; anticse apud costam rectce, apice rotundatse, margine 

 exteriore vix obliquo. 



Mytbimiia, p., Oo/«5. ,• Treit. ; Dup. ; Guen. 

 Diataraxia. p., Hiibn. 

 Leucania, p., Herr.-SchcBff. 

 Luperina, p., Boisd. 



Bod}' rather stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi short, pilose, 

 hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennte slightly serrated 

 in the male. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather short 

 and narrow. Fore wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at 

 the tips, hardly oblique along the exterior border; first, second and 

 third inferior veins rather near together at the base ; fourth rather 

 remote. 



1. DiATAEAXIA I31BECILI 



A. 



Palltde cervina ; ales antica litura transversa hamata pallidiore, 

 lineisrjne transversis undulatis obscurioribus ; posticce fusca, 

 ciliis cervinis. 



Noctua imbecilia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 340. Hiibn. Samml. Eur. 

 Schmett. Noct. 555, mas. 



