Ochsenheimer's Genera of the; Lcpidoplem cf Europe. 333 



Species. Icon. 



2.Cro.Elhiguaria, Linn.*...Hubn. Geom. tab. 4.f. 20. (foem.) 

 S.—Pennaria^ Linn, f Hiibn. Geom. tab. 3. f. 14. (mas.) 



Genus 94. GNOPHOS, Ochs., Treitsch. 



(Gnophos, Hemithea, Diiponchel. 

 Chauissa, Curtis, Stephens.) 



Wings dusky, blackish or cinereous, with indistinct transverse 

 bands ; posterior shghtly indented. — Larva smooth, cylin- 

 drical. — Metamorphosis subterranean. 



Species. Icon. 



l.GnoY>.Fui~Mta, Fab.t Hiibn. Geom.tab.27.f.l44.(mas.) 



2. — Dumetata,'YxG\i?,c\\.^ — — — 



3. — Obfuscata,\NiQn. Verz.Hiibn. Geom.tab.27.f.l42.(fcem.) 

 4. — Perspersata, Treitsch.. Hiibn. Geom. tab, 79. f. 406.(fcem.) 

 5. — Ohscurata,\N\e.r\.Ve\: \\ Hiibn. Geom. tab. 27.1". 146. (mas.) 

 6. — Coronillaria, Hiibn.H Hiibn. Geom. tab. 93. f. 479. 480. 



(mas.)f. 481.482. (foem.) 

 "i.—Scrotinnria, Hubn.]] . ..Hiibn. Geom. tab.28. f.l47.(foem.) 

 8. — Dilucidaria, Hiibn. ...Hiibn. Geom. tab. 27. f.l43.(mas.) 



(8* — Oj)eraria, Hiibn. || Hiibn. Geom. tab. 69. f. 359. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. iii. pi. 105.) 



* Crocallis, Diiponchel, Stephens. 



f Metra, Stephens. HuiiiRA, Duponch. — " Thorax and lulngs as in 

 Crocallis.— Pff/;)i very velvety, not extending beyond the forehead.— 

 MajcillcB very distinct, though slender. — Antenncc plumose in the male, 

 simple in the female. — Laroci smooth, cylindrical, not tubercular: head 

 small, rounded; two Hcshy points, inclined towards the anus, on the pe- 

 nultimate segment." — Lcp, de France, I. c. supra, p. 1G9. 



J Gsonios, Duponch.— " PVinge of all the wings more or less indented 

 or festooned ; superior traversed by two indented lines, the inferior by 

 only one; an orbicular spot in the centre of each wing. — Bod^ long and 

 slender. — Pa/pi short, obtuse.— Maxil/^e long."— it-p. de France, turn. vii. 

 part. ii. p. 110. 



§ Gnop. alis dentatis cffiruleo-fuscis, niargine externo obscuriore, striis 

 punctatis nigris. — Ochs. Treitsch. lorn. vi. /;«;•« i. p. IGli. 



II CiiAKissA, Curtis. — " Antenna; arising from the back part of tiic head, 

 rather robust, long, attenuated at both ends, con)posed of mimcrons trans- 

 verse joints, witii a few f.hort scales above, hairy beneath, comjircssed and 

 produced internally in the males, slender and setaceous in the females. — 

 iMhrum and >«««(///>/<■* miruite, the latter ciliated internally. — Maxillcc long, 

 ciliated towards their extremity.— Z/w/iw/ palpi not so long as the head, 

 nearly straight, not projecting like a beak, nor contiguous, sparingly co- 

 vered with scales, ;-i-jointcd.— //(w/ small, covered with short close scales. 

 — H'««i,'». tiipcrior trigonate, apex acute, margins indented, especially in 

 the iiifiricr. — Alidoiiwn long, slender and obtuse in the males, shorter and 

 bubconic in the females." -7i;i/. Knt. I.r. supra. 



1 IlLMiiiitA, Uuponcli. {vide iupra,GcnHid\. Gcomctra vcrnaria; note.) 



9. Cinop. 



