LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 243 



Genus 9. APAMEA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi validi, 

 porrecti, pilosi; articulus 3us lont^i-conicus, 2i triente Don brevier. 

 Antennae corporis diraidio mullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 perpaullo superans. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae postica? calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alag mediocriter latce ; anticae apud costam rectae, 

 apice rotundatae, raargine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. Mas. — 

 Antennae crenulatae. 



Aparaea, Ochs. Si/st. Gloss. Schmett. von Eur. iv. 

 Apamea, p., Treit. ; Dup. ; Boisd. 

 Mamestra, p., Meig. 



Hama, p., Aparaea, p., Hadena, p., Steph. 

 Oxygia, p., Exarnis, p., Raphia, p., Astrapetis, p., Po'ia, p., 



iMamestra, p., Calliergis, p., Diataraxia, p., et Parastichtis, 



p., Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 

 Luperina, p , Boisd. ; Gmn. 

 HydroBcia, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 251. 

 Polia, p., Herr.-Schceff\ 



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

 pilose ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-tbird of the length of 

 the second. Antennae much more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings mode- 

 rately broad. Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, 

 moderately oblique along the exterior border; first, second and third 

 inferior veins near each other; fourth moderately remote. 



Male. Antennae crenulate. 



Europe. 



A. Antennae maris vix crenulatae. 

 A. Alae anticne fuscae. 



A. Alae anticae non plagiatae. 



a. Alee anticae linea basali nigra. - basilinea, Wien, Verz. 

 h. Alae anticae linea nulla basali nigra. 

 ). Alae longiores. 



* Vena mediana non alba, 

 t AIeb anticae lineis transversis albidis. 



gemina, H'dbn. 

 ft Alae antica) lineis transversis non albidis. 



unanimis, Hiibn. 

 ** Vena mediana alba. - leucostigma, Hiibn. 



ii. Alee breviores. oculea, Linn. 



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