192 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Species. Icon. 



e.Non. Neurica, Hiibn.* Hubn.Noct.Tab. 82. f. 381. (mas.) 



—Tab. 144. f, 659 et 660. 

 (mas.) f. 661. (foem.) 



7. — Paludicola, Uiihn. Hubn.Noct.Tab.l36.f.624.(foem.) 



—Tab. 137. f. 628. (mas.) f. 

 629. (foem.) Tab. 139. f. 637. 

 (mas.) 



8. — Sparganii, Hiibn. Hiibn.Noct.Tab.ll8.f.549.(mas.) 



f. 550. (foem.) 



9. — Can7tcE, Treitsch. Ernst, VII. PI. CCXCVI. f.501. 

 10. — Ti/phce, HUbn. ... Ernst, VII. PI. CCXCVI. f. 502. 



Genus 70. GORTYNA, Ochs., Treitsch. (Stephens, Curtis.) 



Wings deflexed when at rest; anterior triangular, slightly 

 emarginate at the apex ; cilia of all a little indented. 



Antennae simple in both sexes, clothed with scales above, 

 pubescent beneath. 



Palpi short, slightly ascending, the basal joints clothed with 

 long hair-like scales, the terminal exposed, ovate obtuse ; 

 the basal joint curved upwards and attenuated at the 

 apex; the second elongated, somewhat attenuated, the 

 terminal rather short, subovate, obtuse : maxilla: slender, 

 and very short. 



Head rather small, with a dense tuft before the antennae : ei/cs 

 globose, naked. 



TJiorax subquadrate, with a compressed acute crest in front. 



Abdomen elongated, the sides producing fascicles of scales, ro- 

 bust in the females,and obtuse at the apex, which is rather 

 broad, and has a subquadrate tuft in the males. 



Larva fleshy, slightly hairy, radicivorous : pupa internalf. 



Species. Icon. 



\.Gon.Leucostigma,llnh.t Ernst, VI. PI. CCLV. f. 389. 



2. — Micacca, Esper... ' Ernst, VII. PI. CCLXI. f. 407. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. VI. PI. 252. 



3. — Flavago, Hiibn.... Ernst, VII. PI. CCCII. f. 517. 



4. — Luteago, Fab Ernst, VI. Pl.CCL. 11372. 



Genus 71. XANTHIAJ, Ochs., Treitsch. (Steph., Curtis.) 



Xanthi;e, Hiibner. 



Wings entire, or crenulated, deflexed during repose : anterior 

 subtriangular ; posterior moderate. 



• Leucania, Steph. ? 



t Characters chiefly from Stephens. Haust. III. 69. 



j Apamea, Steph. $ SctvSoc, yellow. 



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