208 CATALOGUE OF 



North America. 



8. Heliophobus fimbeiaris. 



Cano-cervina ; abdomen pallide testaceum ; alee anticcB gtitta lu- 

 nulisqne discalibus testaceis nigro marginatis, lineis duabus 

 transversis (una interiore, altera exteriore guttulari) albidis 

 fusco marginatis^ lunulis marginalibus nigris ; posticce cance, 

 fascia submarginali fuscescente. 



Heliophobus fimbriaris, Guen. Noct. i. 172, 271. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 2. EPISEMA. 



Corpus validum, pilosura. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 pilosi ; articulus 3us subcylindricus, 2i quadrante nou longior. 

 Antennaa corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas triente 

 superans. Pedes pilosi ; libige posticse calcaribus quatuor longis. 

 Alse mediocriier latae ; anticse lituris venisque pallidis, apud coslam 

 rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore vix obliquo. Mas. — An- 

 tennae late pectinatae. 



Episema, Ochs. ; Treit. ; Boisd. ; Guen. ; Dup. ; Meig. 



Body stout, pilose. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, pilose ; 

 third joint nearly cylindrical, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae more than half the length of the body. Abdo- 

 men extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs pilose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wiogs moderately 

 broad. Fore wings with pale lines on the veins and other pale 

 marks, straight in front, rounded at the tips, very slightly oblique 

 along the exterior border ; first, second and third inferior veins ap- 

 proximate; fourth rather remote. Male. — Antenuge deeply pec- 

 tinated. 



1. Episema hispana. 



AlcB anticce supra albido vel cinereo-subrufescentes, maculis obscu- 

 rioribus, lineis duabus transversis, interna in medio angulosa ; 

 antenna maris valde et ad apices pectinatce. 

 Episema hispana, Rambur, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. vi. 66 ; 

 Rev. Zool 1847, 238, 3. Guen. Noct. i. 173, 274. Meig. 

 St/St. Besch. iii. 60, 3, pi. 89, f. 10. 

 Episema trimacula, Duponch. Hist. Nat. Lep. vi. 193, pi. 85, f. 3. 



Spain. Algeria. 



a. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



