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XVI. An Abstract of the Characters o/'Ochsenheimer's Genera 

 of the Lepidoptera of Europe ; with a List of the Species 

 of each Gcmis, and Reference to one or more of their respec- 

 tive Icones. By J. G. Children, F.U.S. L. 8^ E. F.L.S. Sfc. 



[Continued from p. 16.] 

 Genus 60. APAMEA, Ochs., Treitsch. 



(Stephens*.) 

 (Curtis.) 

 ^m_§-s, deflexed during repose; anterior elongate triangular, 



obtuse, the apex in some species slight]}' acuminated. 

 Antefince very slender, pubescent beneath, pilose in the males. 

 Palpi moderate, subclavate, the basal joints clothed with elon- 

 gate broad scales, the terminal exposed, obtuse, not so 

 long as the basal, very slendei', compressed, the apex ob- 

 tuse, the intermediate joint as long again as the first, 

 slightly bent and somewhat acute at each extremity, 

 basal joint a little curved, rather slender at the base : 

 maxillts as long as the antennae. 



Head 



* The recent publication of the 27th and 28th Numbers of Mr.Stephens's 

 " Illustrations of British Entomology," enables us to make some useful addi- 

 tions to the genera we gave last month ; and first we shall supply the mi- 

 serable deficiency of Treitschke's generic characters of Hadena, by copying 

 those given by Stephens at p. 170 of the second volume of his ''Haustellata." 

 •' Palpi short, rather slender, slightly ascending, clothed with hair and scales, 

 Inarticulate; terminal joint rather exposed, short, subovate: the basal 

 joint curved, in general rather shorter and stouter tlian the second, 

 which is a little attenuated towards the apex ; terminal subovate, ob- 

 litjuely truncate : maxilla; about the length of the antennae. Antenna: 

 sliort, rather stout, in general simple, with the under side ciliated in 

 the males, or obscurely subserrate, with a distinct fasciculus of hair on 

 each joint within : head small, with a dense frontal crest ; eyes large, 

 globose, sometimes pubescent : thorax slightly crested : bodi/ stout, 

 rather elongate, very acute in some females : wings slightly dcflcxed 

 during repose; anterior obscurely denticulate on the hinder margin : 

 in general of gay colours, sometimes with pale reticulations, and mostly 

 with a pale undulated striga, in which is usually a conspicuous angu- 

 lation, resembling the letter W, near the posterior margin ; stigmata 

 distinct ; jjosterior wings with an obscure emargination towards the 

 costa;: larva naked, generally of lively colour: jmpa subterranean." — 

 Eui'i.EXiA, Steph. 

 r)f the fourth species of Treitschke's fifty-sixth genus, rhlogoj)himiluci- 

 para {N^octua Itwipara, Linn.), Stephens has made a new genus by the 

 name «f Euplcxia, to which he assigns the following characters. 



EuPI.EXIA. 



" I'alpi moderate, subclavate, clothed with elongate scales, the termnial 

 joint exposed, olitusc, rather slender ; basal joint slightly curved, rather 

 longer than the tliircl, which i^ somewhat attenuated and acute; the 

 second as long again as the third, and gradually attenuated to the 

 apex, wiiitli is ubliuucly truncate ; muxilla; long. Anlcniue stout, tlon- 



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