LEPIDOPTERA. NOCTUIDZ. 93 
Fore wings subtrigonate, not subtruncate ; palpi 3-jointed, second and third joints 
subequal ; antenne ¢ subciliated. 
DEIOPEIA Steph. Eucurtia Bdv. 1sp. Ph. pulchella L. Curt. 169. 
Fore wings oblong, subtruncate ; palpi 3-jointed ; labial palpi much longer than 
the head, last joint short, ovate, hind wings subdiaphanous ; antenne simple 
dQ. 7 
EULEPIA Curt. Emyp1a Bdv. 2sp. Ph. cribrum L. Curt. 56. 
Fore wings oblong, subtruneate ; labial palpi 3-jointed, two apical joints equal ; 
maxille not much longer than the head; antenne ¢ bipectinated. 
LITHOSIA Fab. Pu. Noctua LZ. 10sp. Ph. quadra L. Curt. 36. 
Fore wings oblong ; labial palpi 2-jointed, basal joint very large. 
GNOPHRIA Steph. Liruosta p. Fabr. lsp. Ph. rubricollis L. Don. 350. f. 3. 
Fore wings oblong; palpi 3-jointed ; maxilla much longer than head; hind 
wings opake ; body short. 
SETINA Ste. Lirsosia p. Fab. 3 sp. Ph. irrorella F. St. pl. 17. f. 1. 
Fore wings subtrigonate ; palpi 3-jointed, third joint much shorter than second ; 
hind wings broad; antenne simple g @. 
Family 9. NOCTUID Steph. 
TRIPHZNA Ochs. Pu. Nocrua L. 7 sp. Ph. N. pronuba L. Curt. 348. 
Fore wings bistigmatiferous ; palpi ascending; wings incumbent, entire; thorax 
not crested; body flat; antenne simple. 
CERIGO St. Potta D. Ochs. 1sp. No. texta Esper. 4. pl. 108. f. 6. 
Fore wings rather broad, obtuse, brownish ; posterior yellowish ; palpi ascending ; 
thorax with a bifid crest behind, and cucullated in front. 
LYTZA Steph. Avramaa p. Ochs. 1sp. No. umbrosa Hubn. f. 456, 457. 
Fore wings horizontal, narrow, shining, with transverse lines; thorax not crested, 
squamose ; palpi slightly ascending. 
CHARZAS Steph. Acrotis p. Ochs. Qsp. No. cespitis W. V. Hb. f. 428. 
Thorax not crested; antenne ¢ pectinated ; maxilla elongated; palpi very short, 
porrected, not ascending ; wings more or less denticulated. 
CERAPTERYX Curt. Cuarzmasp. St. 1lsp. Ph. B. Graminis L. Curt. 451. 
Palpi short, ascending ; wings obtuse, slightly deflexed; body short ; antenne ¢ 
pectinated, nearly to the tip. 
RUSINA Steph. Acroris p. Ochs. sp. B. ferruginea Esper. 3. pl. 47. f. 5, 6. 
Antenne ¢ strongly bipectinated, 2 ciliated; body slender ; fore wings broad, 
rounded at shoulder ; palpi ascending ; thorax subcrested. 
AGROTIS Hubn. Bomsyx p. Esper. 28sp. N. segetum W. V. pl. 1. a. b. f. 3. 
Wings horizontal ; fore wings tristigmatiferous, entire ; palpi ascending ; antennz 
3 pectinated ; thorax not crested. 
GRAPHIPHORA Hubn. Acroris p. Ochs. 20 sp. Ph. N. C. nigrum L. 
Fore wings horizontal, broad, glossy, bistigmatiferous ; palpi ascending ; antennz 
generally simple, sometimes pectinated in J; thorax slightly crested. ,Esp. 76. 3, 
SEMIOPHORA Steph. Erisema p. Ochs. 1sp. Ph. N. gothica L. Hubn. f.112. 
Thorax smooth, woclly, not crested; fore wings elongate, deflexed, posterior 
short ; palpi short; antennz bipectinated 3. 
ORTHOSIA Ochs. Noctua p. Haw. 17sp. Ph. N, Litura L. Curt. 237. 
Palpi nearly horizontal; thorax robust, woolly, not crested; antenne pectinated 
or ciliated ¢ ; wings slightly deflexed ; fore wings elongate. 
