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1. C^NOBIA DESPECTA. 



Testacea aut pallide cervina ; alee antiecs lineis duahus trnnsversta 

 e punctis nigricantihus ; posticce albidce, testaceo marginat(B. 



Noctua despecta, H'uhn. Eur. Schmett. Nod. pi. 160, f. 751, 752. 

 Nonagria despecta, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. 311. Gey. Samml. Bur. 



Schmett. 751, 752. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. Suppl. iii. 355, 



pi. 32. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 134, 1078. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. 



Fr. vi. 237; Noct. i. 102, 155. Herr.-Schcef. Eur. Schmett. 



ii. 245, 188 ; ii. Nact. pi. 71, f. 365. 

 Phytoraetra rufa ? Haw. Lep. Brit. 16. 

 Aeosmelia lineola, Steph. II. Brit. Haust. iii. 123, 4. 

 Acosraetia mfa, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iii. 123, 3. 

 Csnobia rufa, Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 121. 



a — k. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 /, m. England. 



Genus 9. CARVANCA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, as- 

 cendentes; articulus 3us minimus. Antennse simplices, sat validae, 

 corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibise posticae calcaribus quaiuor longis. Alae late 

 ciliatae ; anticae angustce, apud costam subconvexra, apice rolun- 

 datae, margiue exteriore vix obliquo. 



Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi slender, ascending; 

 third joint very minute. Antennse simple, rather stout, more than 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings with broad ciliae. Fore wings narrow, slightly convex in 

 front, rounded at the tips, hardly oblique along the exterior border; 

 first, second and third inferior veins contiguous; fourth rather 

 remote. Resembles some of the Pyralites. 



1. Carvanca teisecta. 



Testacea ; abdomen alhidum ; alee anticce substrigatce, nigra sub- 

 consperscE, vitta discali tripartita guttisqite marginalibus 

 nigris ; posticee albido cinerece, ciliis albis. 



Testaceous. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings minutely speckled 

 with black, with very slight and indistinct darker streaks, with a 

 slender black discal stripe, which is twice interrupted, and with 



