158 CATALOGUE OF 



9. GOBTYNA NITELA. 



Pusca ; abdomen pallide fuscescens ; ales linea iransversa ohliqua 

 extcriore albida, macula discali obscure fusca ; posticce pallide 

 fuscescentes. 



Gortyna Nitela, Guen. Noct. i. 124, 195. 



a — e. Illinois. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Africa. 



10. GOETYNA? TRINOTA. 



Ochracea ; alee antic<s lineis duabus transversis fuscis, strigis dua- 

 bus guttaque interiore albis ; posticce testacea;, striga lineaque 

 exteriore fuscis. 



Noctua trinota, Herr.-Schceff. Lep. Exot. Sp. Nov. f. 126. 



Cape. 



Genus 2. HYDEiECIA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis medioeriter longa. Palpi 

 pilosi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us minutus, conicus. Antennas lon- 

 giuseulce. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes sat 

 validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor lonj^is. Alae medioeriter 

 latae ; anticag apud costam rectae, apice angulatcB, margine exteriore 

 perpaullo obliquo. Mas. — Antennae subciliatae. Fcem. — Antennee 

 simplices. 



Sideridis, p., et Lycopbotia, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 232. 

 Apamea, p., Treit. ; Dup. ; Meig.; Sieph.; Westw.; Frey. 

 Hydraeeia, Guen.; Boisd. 

 Gortyna, p., Herr.-Schceff. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 pilose, ascending towards the vertex ; third joint minute, conical. 

 Antennae rather long. Abdomen extending for one-third of its 

 length beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with 

 four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight 

 in front, angular at the tips, very slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border; inferior veins much as usual. Male. — Antennae very 

 minutely ciliated. Female. — Antennae simple. 



