290 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Species. Icon. 



l.An.Mmiilli, Linn Ernst, VII. pi. cclxxiii. f. 437. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. III. pi. 145. 



Larva et Imago. 

 2.—Cordigera, Thunb Hiib. Noct. tab. 21. f. 99. (foem.) 



tab. 147. f. 675. (mas.) 



S.— Melaleuca, Thunb Hlib. Noct. tab. 77. f. 357. (teem.) 



4..— Vidua, Hlib Hub. Noct. tab. 86. f. 403. (foem.) 



tab. 141. f. 644. 645. (mas.) 



5.—Fu}iebrIs, Hlib Hiib. Noct. tab. 92. f. 433. (foem.) 



6.—Rupicola, Wien. Verz. Hiib. Noct. tab.64. f. 3 1 7. (foem.) 

 7. — Heliaca, Hiib Ernst, VIII.pl. cccxlii. f. 606. 



Genus 78. HELIOTHIS, Ochs., Treitsch. (Stephens.) 



Heliothentes, HUbner. 



Wings, anterior broad, generally of lively colours ; posterior 

 whitish, or light-coloured with broad, dark margins. — An- 

 tennae long, setaceous. — Abdomen slender, tapering. — Larva 

 slender, tapering towards the head and tail ; head speckled ; 

 body marked with dark-coloured dots on the sides, and va- 

 riegated, longitudinal, wavy lines. — Metamorphosis subter- 

 ranean. 



Species. Icon. 



l.YieX.Cardui, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 64. f.313. (foem.) 



2.— Ononis, Fab Hiib. Noct. tab. 63. f. 312. (foem.) 



3. — Dispacea, Linn Ernst, VIII. pi. cccxvi. f. 553. 



4. — Scutosa, Fab Ernst, VIII. pi. cccxv. f. 552. 



5. — Pettigera, Hlib Ernst, VIII. pi. cccxvi. f. 555. 



6. — Arinigera, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 79. f. 370. (foem.) 



7. — Marsinata, Fab Ernst, VII. pi. cclxxxviii. f. 480. 



8.' — Purpurites, Hlib Ernst,^VII. pi. cclxxxviii. f. 481. 



Genus 79. ACONTIA, Ochs., Treitsch. (Curtis, Stephens.) 



Legs, anterior with an internal spine on the tibiae ; posterior 

 pair long, the tibiae spurred at and above the apex : tarsi 

 5-jointed, basal joint the longest: claws bifid. — Wingsrhom- 

 boidal or sublanceolate; cilia rather long. — Antenna; um- 

 ple, slender and setaceous, inserted on the crown of the 

 head close to the eyes, covered with scales above, very pube- 

 scent beneath. — Palpi curved upward, clothed with close, 

 short scales. — Maxilla; slender, spiral, as long as the an- 

 tennae, ciliated on the outside at the apex. — Head broad : 

 eyes rather large. — Thorax obovate, clothed with compact, 

 depressed scales. — Abdomen rather slender, tufted and ob- 

 tuse 



