Ochsenheimer's Genera of the Lepidoptera of Europe. 45 



Species. Icon. 



5. N. GicuUina, Hxihn.* Hiibn.Bomb. Tab.5.f.20. (fcem.) 



Fam. B, — harvce with two conical projections on the anal 

 segment; the head and anterior segments elevated and 

 thrown back when at rest. 



6. N. Camelina, Linn.* . Ernst, V. PL CXCIX. f. 263. 



a — i. 



7. _ Carmelita, Esp.* . HUbn. Bomb. Tab. 5. f. 21. (mas.) 



Fam. C. — Larva: tuberculated, especially on the anal segment. 



8. N. Dictcea, Linn.f ... Ernst, V. PI. CXCVII. f. 260. a. 



(larva) b. (pupa) f. 261. d— f. 



9. — Dictceoides, Esp.f Ernst, V. PI. CXCVII. f. 261. a. 



b. (larva) c. (pupa) f.260. c — e. 



10. — Argentina, Fab... Ernst, V. PI. CXCVIII. f. 262. 



a — i. 



Fam. D. — Larva; quite smooth. 



11. N. Palpina,U.nn.X.. Ernst,V.Pl.CXCVI.f.259.a— h. 



12. N. PLu- 



* LoPHOPTERYx, Steph. 

 " L. Palpi short, hairy, slightly ascending, biarticiilate, the first joint elon- 

 gate, curved at the base, the terminal one short, ovate ; maxUlcB short, 

 a little spiral. Antennce short, filiform, simple and ciliated in the fe- 

 males, very slightly bipectinated in the males," (bipectinations) " nearly 

 vanishing towards the apex : head small ; eyes moderate : thorax crest- 

 ed : abdomen not elongate, rather stout; apex of the male with a trifid 

 scaly tuft : wings compressed when at rest; anterior subtriangular, the 

 hinder margin rounded, and rather deeply denticulated ; the interior 

 with a single, elongate, squamous tooth towards the centre : Jcgs rather 

 slender, downy; the apex of the tibia; with two elongate f|)urs; the 

 anterior internally simple. Larva slightly hairy, with one or two coni- 

 cal protuberances on the anal segment alone; hinder prolegs perfect: 

 pupa folliculated." — Steph. I. c. 11. 26. 

 -J- Leiocampa, Steph. 

 " L. — Palpi extremely minute, enveloped in dense hair: maxilUe obsolete. 

 Antenna: filiform, bipectinated in both sexes to the apex ; the pecti- 

 nations shorter, but not vanishing at the tip, and abbreviated in the 

 female: head hairy in front: ei/es moderate; thorax not crested: ab- 

 domen elongate, cylindric, tufted at the apex : anterior wings elongate, 

 rather acute at the aj)cx, the posterior margin slightly rounded and 

 obsolctely denticulated ; the interior with a single squamous tooth 

 towards the centre -. legs short, not very stout ; femora and tibiec 

 densely clothed with hair ; tarsi slender : anterior tibia; with a very 

 short spine-like process interiorly. Larva naked, with a small conical 

 protuberance on the anal segment only : caudal legs perfect : /jk^ja 

 subterranean, folliculated." — Steph. I. c. II. 24. 

 J Ptii.odontis, HLibn. Steph. 

 " v.— Palpi considerably elongated, porrect, ascending, clothed with elon- 

 gate scales: maxilla: short. Antemue filiform, bi|)cctinated in both 

 sexes, the pectinations shortest in tlic females : head minute : ri/cs 



small : 



