LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 801 



Antennae graciles, cylindrical filiformes, glabrae. Pedes glabri, 

 breviusculi. Alae sericeae ; anticae basi angustae, apice obtusae, lituris 

 non bene determinatis, orbiculari et reniformi conspicuis ; posticae 

 pallidiores, rotundatae, lituris nullis aut linea unica subobsoleta. 



Nymphula, Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 162. Treit. ; Dup. ; Guen. Delt. 



et PyraL 402. 

 Euclita, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 347. 



Body slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi rhomboidal, rostriform, 

 incumbent. Maxillary palpi distinct, short, truncated. Antennae 

 slender, cylindrical, filiform, smooth. Legs smooth, rather short. 

 Wings smooth, silky. Fore wings narrow at the base, obtuse at the 

 tips; markings indeterminate ; discal spots always visible. Hind 

 wings more pale, rounded, without markings, or with the traces of 

 one line. 



Europe. 

 I. Nymphula interpunctalis. 



Ochraceo-straminea ; alee anticce lineis interiore et exteriore et reni- 

 formi e punctis nonnullis cinereis, lituru discali nigricante ; 

 posticce pallidiores, subiridescentes, margine exteriore sub- 

 flavescente. 



Pyralis interpunctalis, Hubn. Pyral. 11, 11, pi. 19, f. 128. 



Pyralis nudalis, Hubn. Pyral. pi. 14, f. 90. 



Euclita nudalis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 347, 3319. 



Euclita interpunctalis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 347, 3320. 



Nymphula interpunctalis, Treit. Schm. vii. 128, 2. Dup. Lip. viii. 



162, pi. 221, f. 2. Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 403, 523. 

 Nymphula nudalis, Dup. Lep. viii. 340, pi. 233, f. 4. 



South Europe. Algeria. 



2. Nymphula unipunctalis. 



N. interpunctali ajfinis ; alee antica linea interiore postice con- 

 spicua, linea exteriore Integra minus sinuata e punctis aut 

 maculis nigricantibus contiguis ; postica apud marginem ex- 

 teriorem nigricante tinctce, linea media obscura indistincta. 



Nymphula unipunctalis, Dup. Lip. viii. 166, pi. 221, f, 5. Guen. 

 Delt. et Pyral. 404, 525. 



Montpellier. 



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