194- Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



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IS.Xanth.Ct-rago, Fab. ... Ernst, VII. PI. CCCIV. f. 523. 



a— d. 



16. — Gilvago, Fab Ernst, VII. PI. CCCIV. f. 523. e. 



1 7. — Pallcago, Hiibn ... HUbn.Noct.Tab. 94. f. 442. (mas.) 



Genus 72. COSMIA*, Ochs., Treitsch. (Stephens.) 

 Cosmic, Hiibner. 



Wings deflexed during repose ; anterior sub triangular, slightly 

 truncate or obscurely emarginate on their hinder margin, 

 with distinct angular strigffi ; posterior rather ample. 



Antennce short, rather slender, pubescent within, each articu- 

 lation furnished with a bristle on each side, shortest in 

 the females. 



Palpi moderate, ascending, densely clothed, with elongate 

 scales on the two basal joints, the terminal exposed, some- 

 what acute; basal joint elongate, nearly three-fourths the 

 length of the second, arcuated, the second scarcely more 

 slender than the first, linear, and somewhat bent at the 

 base; terminal more slender, elongate, above half the 

 length of the second, slightly attenuated at the apex, which 

 is acute : maxillce moderate. 



Head small, rounded : eyes large, globose, naked. 



Thorax stout, not crested. 



Abdomen rather slender, with tufts of hair on the sides, and a 

 larger tuft at the apex, especially in the males, of the fe- 

 males gradually attenuated from the base to the apex, 

 which is somewhat acute. 



Larva naked, with a few scattered hairs : pupa subterranean f. 

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l.Cosm.Fidvago, HUbn. Ernst, VII. PI. CCCV. f. 526. 



2. — Abliita, HUbn Hiibn.Noct.Tab.76.f.35I.(foem.) 



3. — Trajjeziiia, lAnn. Ernst, VIII. Pl.CCCXIII.f. 546. 



4. — Dijfinis, Linn Ernst, VIII. Pl.CCCXI. f. 543. 



5. — Affinis, Linn Ernst, VIIL PI. CCCXII. f. 544. 



6. _ Pyralina, HUbn.. Ernst, VIII. PI. CCCXII. f. 545. 



Genus 73. CERASTIS, Ochs., Treitsch. 

 GLjEiE, Hubner. Gl^ea, Stephens, Curtis. 

 Tjcgs moderate ; femora not very pilose. 

 Wings generall}' entire, incumbent; anterior more or less 



castaneous. 

 Antenncp rather long, stout, generally simple in both sexes, 

 and ciliated ; sometimes a little serrated in the males. 



* Koai^io;, modcslus. 



t Characters from Stephens. Hand. III. p. 59. 



Palpi 



