218 CATALOGUE OF 



Calamia, p., Huhn. Verz. Schmett. 240. 

 Xylina, p., Treit. 



Mithymna, p., Meig. ; Herr.-SchcBff. 

 Luperina, p., 5oiirf. ; Dup.; Guen. 



Colour green aud white. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi stout, pilose, slightly ascending; third joint conical, about one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. AntennsB simple, slender, more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending for more than 

 one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind 

 tibia3 with four hardly long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, moderately 

 oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Calamia vieens. 



Alha ; caput thoraxque supra viridia ; alee anticcB supra virides, 

 margine tenui maculisque duabus discalibus nonnunquam ob- 

 soletis albis. 



Engr. Pap. d^Eur. 495, a — c. 



Phalaena-Noctua virens, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2561, 139. 

 Noclua virens, Wien. Verz. 85, B. 8. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 173, 



248; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 103, 307. Knock, Beit. Ins. ii. pi. 1, f. 



1. Esp. Schmett, iv. pi. 122, f. 1. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 



703, 310. Huhn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. JSoct. pi. 48, f. 235. 

 Noctua (Mvthimna) virens, Meig. Handb. 169, 53 ; Syst. Besch. iii. 



154, 132, pi. 101, f. 12. 

 Xylina virens, Treit. Schmett. v. 2, 276, 16. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. 



Fr. vii. pi. 104, f. 6. 

 Luperina virens, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 114, 877. Guen. Noct. i. 184, 



286. 

 Calamia virens, H'ubii. Verz. Schmett. 240, 2378. 

 Mythimna virens, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 193, 36. 



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



Genus 4. CEYMODES. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, validi, pilosissimi ; articulus 2us 3o quadruple longior. An- 

 tennoe simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 triente supeians. Pedes validi ; tibiee posticae calcaribus qualuor 

 longis. Aloe mediocriter latee ; anticse apud costam vix convexte, 



