162 CATALOGUE OF 



6. Hydr^cia immanis. 



Testacea ; thorax antice fusco varius ; alee anticce cano-subrufes- 

 centes, plaga discali lineis transversis annulisque duobus disca- 

 libus ferrugineis ; linea exteriore obliqua albida ; posticcB 

 testacece, fascia tenui fuscescente. 



Hydraecia immanis, Guen. Noct. i. 128, 201. 



a, b. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



7. Htdr^cia steam entosa. 



Testacea ; thorax antice linea transversa interrupta fuscescente ; 

 alee anticcB maculis costalibus fuscescentibus, fascia maculis 

 interioribus lineaque transversa exteriore subcervinis. 



Hydraecia stramentosa, Guen. Noct. i. 129, 202. 



a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 3. NEPHELODES. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, pilosi, 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us minimus. Pedes validi ; tibias 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Aloe raediocriter latae ; anticee 

 apud costara reclae, apice angulatag, margine exteriore subobliquo. 

 Mas. — Antennae subpectinatae, corporis dimidio paullo breviores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Foem. — Antennas sim- 

 plices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas per- 

 paullo superans. 



Nephelodes, Guen. Noct. i. 129. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, pilose, obliquely 

 ascending; third joint very minute. Legs stout; hind tibiae with 

 four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in 

 front, angular at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border ; 

 first, second and third inferior veins approximate at the base: 

 fourth remote. Male. — Antennae minutely pectinated, a little less 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending for one- 

 third of its length beyond the hind wings. Female. — Antennae 

 simple, rather more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending veiy little beyond the hind wings. 



