116 CATALOGUE OF 



1. SeSAMIA NONAGRIOIDES. 



Testacea ; alec anticcB striga discali margineque exteriore ohscurio' 

 ribus ; gutta discali punctisque exteriorihus nigris ; posticce 

 alhce. 



Cossus nonagrioides, Lefehv. Ann. Soc. Linn. vi. 98, pi. 5. 

 Nonagria hesperica, Ramh. Faun. Andal. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



vi. 287. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 134, 1084. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. 



Fr. Suppl. iii. 470, pi. 41, f. 2. 

 Leucania Hesperica, Herr.-Schceff. Schmett. Eur, ii. 237, 168 : ii. 



Noct. pi. 67, f. 344, 345. 

 Sesamia nonagrioides, Guen. Noct. i. 96, 151. 



South France. Aodalusia. Sicilv. 



Genus 6. MELIANA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, ascendentes ; 

 articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae simplices, graciles, cor- 

 poris dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes 

 graciles, longiusculi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter 

 longis. Alee longiusculae, sat angustas ; anticas lanceolatae, aeumi- 

 iiatae, apud costam subconvexae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Meliana, Ciirt. Brit. Ent. 201. Guen. Noct. i. 96. 

 Senta, p., Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. 

 Chilodes, Herr.-SchccJ^. 

 Symira, Treits. 



Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi slender, ascending; 

 third joint conical, very minute. Antennae simple, slender, more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, rather long; hind tibiae 

 with four moderately long spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. 

 Fore wings lanceolate, sligbtly convex in front, acuminated at the 

 lips, very oblique along the exterior border; fourth inferior vein 

 remote from the others, which are approximate. 



1. Meliana flammea. 



AlcE anticcB acutcs, rufescente fuscce, vitta obscure fusca lineaque 

 transversa exteriore e punctis nigris. 



Melia flammea. Curt. Brit. Ent. v. pi. 201. 

 Meliana sericea, Guen. Noct. 97, 152. 



