Ochsenheimer's Ge7iera of the Lepidoptera of Europe. 193 



Antennce rather stout, long, simple in both sexes, pubescent, 

 ciliated transversely beneath in the males. 



Palpi rather short, obliquely porrected, thickly clothed with 

 elongate scales ; the terminal joint slightly exposed and 

 obtuse, basal joint less than half the length of the second, 

 raiher slender at its base, curved upwards, second very 

 long, attenuated and somewhat acute at the apex, ter- 

 minal elongate, apex slightly conic : maxilla £\s long as 

 the antennae. 



Head., round, small: eyes naked. 



Thorax somewhat robust, slightly crested. 



Abdomen moderately stout, carinated in the males, cylindric 

 and rather acute at the tip in the females, with a small 

 tuft at the apex ; sometimes depressed in both sexes, with 

 the sides slightly reflexed. 



Larva naked: jmpa subterranean*. 



Ochsenheimer and Treitschke divide this genus into three 

 families, according to the colours and mai'kings of the an- 

 terior wings. 



Fam. a. — Anterior wings brown-yellow, with darker confluent 

 spots. 



Fam. B. — Anterior wings reddish-yellow, with distinct trans- 

 verse bands. 



Fam. C. — Anterior wings bright yellow {schon gelbon) with 

 reddish-brown transverse bands; posterior wings light 

 coloured. 



Fam. a. Species. Icon. 



l.Xanth.P;/^?reo/zam,HUb. Hiibn. Noct. Tab. 20. f. 98. (mas.) 



2. — Echii, HUbn Ernst, VII. PI. CCXC. f. 488. 



3. — Ochrolaica^VLuhn. Hiibn. Noct. Tab. 19. f. 92. 

 Fam. B. 



^.^anih.Rufina, Linn.... Ernst, VII. PI. CCLXI.f. 410. 



5. — Ferriiginea, Wnhn. Ernst,VII.Pl.CCLXI.f.4.0S. a. b. 



6. — Evidens^H'uhn.... Hiibn. Noct.Tab.79. f. 369. (mas.) 

 v. — Itubecula, Esp. ... Hiibn. Noct.Tab.92. f. 431. (mas.) 

 8. — Xcrampclina,\rYnh.\ Hiibn.Noct.Tab.90. f.421. (fcem.) 



Fam. C. 



9.Xa.xii\i.Vitellina, Hub. Ernst,VII.Pl.CCXCVIII. f.506. 



10. — Cilrago, Linn Ernst, VII. PI. CCCV. f. .-327. 



1 1. — Craccugo, Fab Ernst, VII. PI. CCCII. f. 518. 



12. — Aurago, Fab Ernst, VII. PI. CCCIII. f. 520. 



13. — Sulphurago, Fab. Hiibn. Noct.Tal).41.f. 194. (mas.) 

 14.. __ Silago, Hiibn Ernst, VII. PI. CCCIV. f. 524. 



* f'lianicters from Stephens. I//iis(. Ihil. Kiif. Jfaii.i/. I IF. p. fi.'?. 

 t Add, Xaiitli. Centrago, ('I'lie ceiitrc-barrcd Sallow,} JJnw. Curds Ihil. 

 Ent. II. PI. K4. 



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