190 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Antennce bipectinate in the male. 



Body, with the back thickly covered with dense scales. 

 Larva hairy ; -pupa inclosed in a white, qpmpact web. 

 Species. Icon. 



1. ^\m.Venosa, Borkh.... Hubn.Noct.Tab. 81.f.380. (foem.) 



2. — Nervosa, Fab Ernst, VI. PI. CCXLVII. f. 367. 



3. — Musculosa,U.nhx\. Ernst, VI.Pl.CCXXXVII. f.346. 



4. — P«nc^osfl, Treitsch.* 



Genus 68. LEUCANIA, Ochs., Treitsch. 



(Stephens, Curtis.) 



HeliophiLvE, Hlibner. 



Wings incumbent during repose ; anterior rather narrow, the 

 hinder margin entiref, the apex acute; nervures distinct, 

 apparently elevated. 



Anteujia: simple in both sexes, thickly ciliated beneath, espe- 

 cially in the males. 



Paljrl rather short, considerably bent upwards, approximating, 

 the basal joints with elongate compact scales, the terminal 

 exposed and nearly denuded, obtuse; basal joint slightly 

 bent, horizontal, second vertical, as long again as the 

 first, slightly bent at the] base, and a little attenuated at 

 the apex ; terminal slender, elongate-ovate : maxillcc mo- 

 derate. 



Head small, subtrigonate : eyes globose, large, pubescent, 

 rarely naked. 



TJiorax rather stout, woolly, not crested. 



Abdomen slightly elongate, carinated, rather slender in the 

 males, with a large tuft at the apex, stouter, and some- 

 what conic in the females. 



Larva slighdy pilose: pupa folliculatedj. 



Species. Icon. 



l.LeucPallens, Linn. ... Ernst,VII.Pl.CCXCVlII. f.505. 



2. — Elymi, Treitsch.§ — — — 



3. _ /;Mp«m, HUbn... Hubn. Noct.Tab.85.f.396. (mas.) 



• Sim. alis anticis albido fuscis, linea baseos nigra, stria longitudinali 

 cinerea, puncto medio albo ; posticis sMs.—Ochs. Treitsch. V. pars II. 287. 



+ A distinguishing character, according to Stephens, between Leucania 

 and Nonagria. 



I Characters from Stephens. — Haust. III. p. 73. 



^ Lcuc. alis anticis solito longioribus, pallidc flavis, atomis fuscis ad- 

 spcrsis, serie externa striolariini, fuscarum. — Ochs. Treitsch. V. ^)ar4 II. 



p. 294. 



\. Leuc. 



