102 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Species. Icon. 



6. Ap. SiifftirtmculafTre'it* 



7. — Latrtincula, HUbn. f Ernst, VIII. PI. CCCXIV. f.54.8. 



8. -- Strigilis, Linn.t... Ernst, VIII. PI. CCCXV. f. 551. 

 Fam. C. 



9. Ap. Co?mexa, Borkh.§ Ernst, VI. Pl.CCXXXIX.f. 351. 



10. — Testacea, Hubn.§ Ernst,VII.Pl.CCLXXVII.f.451. 



11. — Basilinea, Fab. § Ernst, VII. PI. CCLXIII. f. 414.. 



12. Ap. 

 * Ap. alis anticis fuscis, cupreo argenteoque splcndentibus, macula in 

 medio quadrata nigra. — OcA*. Treitsck. V. pa7-s II. 97- 



-j- MiANA, Steph, 

 " Palpi short, porrected obliquely, the two basal joints sparingly clothed 

 with elongate scales, the terminal one exposed, somewhat acute, and 

 placed obliquely, very slender when deiuided; the basal joint short, 

 stouter than the following, which is slightly curved, attenuated towards 

 the apex, and nearly three times as long as the basal ; terminal elon- 

 gate-ovate, nearly as stout as the second, and about the length of the 

 basal : maxillce elongate. Antenna; short, finely ciliated and pubescent 

 in the males, simple in the females : head with a frontal crest : ei/es 

 naked : thorax subquadrate, with a posterior dorsal crest : abdomen 

 slender, with a small tuft at the apex in the males, and a little crested 

 on the back : wiiigs entire^ deflexed, anterior elongate triangular, with 

 indistinct, nearly concolorous stigmata. Caterpillar naked : /jzisjua sub- 

 terranean." — Steph. Illmt.Brit. Ent. Haust. III. p. 11. 

 Stephens adds, that the species of this genus are distinguished from the 

 Apameae, by their small size, nearly concolorous posterior stigmata on the 

 anterior wings,'the smallness of their palpi, slenderness of body, and by the 

 thorax not being anteriorly crested. 



J MiANA, Steph. — Next to his genus Miana, Stephens has introduced 

 another new Genus, CELiENA, founded on four species, viz. Ce. renigera, 

 Steph. (of which only three specimens are known) ; Ap. Haworthii, Curtis, 

 VI. pi. 260; — Noct. hibemica. Haw. MSS. (a Dublin species) ; and, with a 

 mark of doubt, No. lancea, Esper. The characters of this genus are, 



Cel^na, Steph. 

 " Palpi not very short, porrected obliquely, the two basal joints densely 

 clothed with elongate scales, the terminal exposed, rather obtuse, 

 sublinear : basal joint short, reniform, scarcely stouter than the se- 

 cond, which is nearly linear, a little curved and slightly acute ; terminal 

 stouter than the first, elongate-ovate, obtuse : maxiltcB elongate. An- 

 tenncE moderate, rather stout, pubescent beneath, and ciliated in the 

 males : head with a dense tuft of scales on the crown : eyes naked : 

 thorax large, somewhat downy, not crested : body rather short and 

 slender, the sides and apex tufted, the apical tuft largest in the males : 

 ivings deflexed, entire ; anterior elongate-triangular, obtuse ; stigmata, 

 especially the posterior, conspicuous, not concolorous." — Steph. Illmt. 

 Brit. Ent. in. p. 15. 

 The Celajnae are nearly of the same size as the Mianje, but are distin- 

 guished from them by their broader anterior wings, with very conspicuous 

 posterior stigmata, and the adjoining nervures generally pale; the palpi 

 are more densely scaly, and the terminal joint somewhat linear and obtuse, 

 not subacurainate ; the thorax is stout, and not crested. 



^ Hama, Steph. 

 " Palpi short, subclavate, the basal joint clothed with elongate scales, the 

 terminal exposed and conic, about as long as the first, subovate, com 



pressed, 



