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quatuor longis. A\x sat angustae ; anticae apud costam rectse, apice 

 rotundatae, margine interiore subdenticulalo mediocriter obliquo. 



Aporophylla, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. ; Noct. i. 151. 

 Xylina, p., Boisd. 

 Agrotis, p., Curt. 

 Egira, p., Dup. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi short, porrect, 

 not extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Antennee 

 simple, much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen ex- 

 tending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; 

 liind tibisB with four long spins. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, moderately oblique, indis- 

 tinctly convex and slightly denticulate along the exterior border ; 

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

 fourth remote. 



1. Aporophyla austealis. 



Cinerea ; thorax disco obscuriore, linea transversa antica nigra ; 

 abdomen albicans ; alee aniiccB subcervino varice, lineolis, stri- 

 gulis lanceolatis exterioribus lunulisque marginalibus nigris ; 

 posticcB canescentes, linea margineque cinerascentlbus. 



Hadena australis, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 118,920. 



Xylina australis, Ramb. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 291, pi. 9, f. 8. 



Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 246. Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmetf. 



iii. 412, pi. 209, f. 4. 

 Xylina australis, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 304, 377 ; ii- 



Noct. pi. 32, f. 159, 160. 

 Agrotis pascuea. Curt. Brit. Ent. iii. 165. Westai. ^- H. Brit. 



Moths, i. 123, pi. 24, f. 2. 

 Aporophyla australis, Guen. Noct. i. 151,240. 

 Egira australis, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. v. 391, pi. 35. 



South France. Corsica. 



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



e,/. England. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



g, h. England. 



i,j. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Aporophyla scriptura. 



Cinerea ; alee antica lineolis obscurioribus, litura discali flaves- 

 cente. Mas. — Alee antica strigis lanceolatis glaucescentibus ; 

 posticcB alba. Foem. — Alee anticee linea transversa angulosa 

 glaucescente, fascia exteriore cervina ; posticee albides fusco 

 marginalce. 



