292 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Species. Icon. 



\O.Y.ra?>i.Paula, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 96. f. 452. (mas.) 



Pyr. tab. 6. f. 38. (fccm.) 



\\.—Parva, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 77. f. 356. (fccm.) 



VZ.—Ostrlna, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 85. f. 399. (focm.) 



tab. 142. f. 648. (mas.) Cur- 

 tis, Brit. Ent. III.pl. 140. 



13.— Ci/mhalaricc, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 92. f. 432. (foem.) 



Genus 81. ANTHOPHILA*, Ochs., Treitsch. 



ANTHoPHiLiE, Hiibner. (Acosmeta, Steph.f 

 Phytometra, Stepli. Noctua., God. Duponcli.) 



Legs, posterior elongated. — Wings, superior subtriangular, an- 

 terior angle acute, generally without the usual orbicular or 

 renitorm markings ; inferior rounded, with broad fringes. — 

 Antcnnce nearly filiform, faintly pectinated. — Head smooth. 

 ■ — Bodi) small. — Larva unknown. 



The insects of this genus fly by day, and enjoy the sunshine. 

 Species. Icon. 



l.Ant.^/2£'a, Hiib.t Hiib. Noct. tab._^75. f. 350. (foeqi.) 



2. — Purpurina, Fab Ernst, VIH. pi. cccx. f 539. 



3. — Communimacida, Fab.. .Ernst, VH. pi. ccxciii. f. 494. 



^.—Flavida, Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 96. f 453. (foem.) 



5. — Vespertina, Treitsch...Hiib. Pyr. tab. 24. f. 159. (mas.) 

 6. — Glarea, Treitsch.§ 



7. — Amcena, Hiib .Hiib.Noct. tab.61. f 300. (fccm.) 



8. — Inamcena^ Hiib Hiib. Noct. tab. 61. f. 301. (mas.) 



302. (foem.) 

 9. — Caliginosa, Hiib.U Hiib. Noct. tab. 100. f. 474. (mas.) 



Genus 82. OPHIUSA, Ochs., Treitsch. 



AscALEPHiE, Hubner. (Ophiusa, Steph.) 



Wings, superior broad, subtriangular, anterior angle acute; 

 inferior rounded, mai'gins deeply fringed. — Antoincc long, 

 filiform, very faintly pectinated, except in the male of the 

 last species. — Abdomen long, slender. — Larva with 12 feet, 

 naked, slender: in their motion they resemble the larvae of 

 the Geometridje. — Pupa folliculated ; 7netamorphosis on the 

 ground, or subterranean. 



The insects of this genus fly chiefly by night, but also, oc- 

 casionally, in the day-time. 



* «i/^oj flos, ifiMa amo. f Syst. Cat. ii. 110. Gen. 151 and 1.52. 



X PUYTOMETRA, '!sii.'[\h. I. c. Huprct. 



§ Ant. iilis aiilitis ulbis, viriili flavo uiultilatis. — Ochs. Tititsch. v. pars iii. 

 p. 282. [| Acois.Mi,Ti,\, Stcpli. /. c. sujira. 



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