106 Ochsenheinier's Genera of the Lepidopiera of Europe. 



Head small, with a tuft of scales: eyes large, pubescent. 



Thorax slightly crested anteriorly. 



Abdomen elongate, densely tufted at the apex, and laterally in 



the males ; somewhat obtuse in the females. 

 Larva naked, with longitudinal streaks. 

 Pupa subterranean*. 



The genus is divided by Treitschke into three families, ac- 

 cord ina: to the markings on the wings. 



Fam. a. Species. Icon. 



1. Myth. Oxalina, Hiibn. Hubn. Noct.Tab. 45.f.219.(mas.) 



2. — Acetosellce, Fab.... Hiibn. Noct.Tab. 45.f.220. (mas.) 

 Fam. B. 



3. Myth. Turca, Linn.... Ernst, VII. PI. CCXCIV. f. 497. 



4. — Lithar<rrjria,U.\ihu. Ernst, VII. PI. CCXCV. f. 499. 



5. — Albipuncta, Fab... Ernst, VII. Pi.CCXCI V. f. 498. 



6. — Conigera, Fab. ... Ernst, VII. PI. CCXCI. f. 492. 



7. — Imbecilla, Fab. ... Hiibn.Noct.Tab. 120.f.555.(mas.) 



8. — A^tu-a, Hiibn Hiibn. Noct.Tab.84. f. 395.(mas.) 



Fam. C. 



9.Myth.Xaw//ioorap/iff,Fab,tErnst,VII.Pl.CCLXVIII.f.429. 

 10. — Neglecta, Hiibn.f .. Ernst, VII. PI. CCLIX. f. 401. 



Genus 65. ORTHOSIA, Ochs., Treitsch. (Stephens, Curtis). 



Legs moderate. 



Wings slightly deflexed, entire; anterior elongate, the apex 

 slightly rounded or somewhat acute; posterior short, 

 ovate-triangulai'. 



Palpi nearly horizontal, densely clothed with elongate scales, 

 the terminal joint scarcely projecting; triarticulate, basal 

 joint a little bent, above half the length of the second, 

 and more robust, second nearly straight, terminal about 

 the length of the basal, obscurely pear-shaped : maxillce 

 shorter than the antennae. 



* Characters from Stephens. — Haust. II. 149, 

 ■\ Segeiia, Steph. 

 " Palpi slightly ascending, densely clothed with squamose hair ; the ter- 

 minal joint exposed, triarticulate ; the basal joint reniform, stouter than 

 the following; the second as long again as the first, a little attenuated 

 towards the apex; terminal minute, ovate, obtuse; maxilla about the 

 length of the antenna;. Anlcniux: moderate, stout and ciliated in the 

 males, slender and simple in the females : head small : eyes naked : 

 thurajc stout, woolly, not crested : luings slightly deflexed, short ; an- 

 terior obtuse and rounded posteriorly, with distinct stigmata: body 

 rather short, the male with a tuft at the apex; the female with the 

 apex acute : legs with the femora very pilose. I.arva naked : 'puj)a 

 subterranean."— 5/(y)//('«4'4' Illust. Brit. En/. II. [i. l.">3. 



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