LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 139 



exteriore antico excavato ; posticae incisura bene determinata. Mas. 

 — Antennae late pectinatae. Abdomeu carinatum, apiee quadratum. 

 Fcem. — Antennae pectinatae. Abdomen sat gracile, apice acutum. 



Ennomos, p. Treit. ; Boisd. 



Therapis, p. Hubn. Verz. Schm. 287; Herr.-Sch. 



Caustoloma, Leder. V. Z. B. W. iii. 209 ; Guen. Phal. i. 110. 



Body slender. Front oblong, obliquely straigbtened and pro- 

 longed between tbe palpi. Palpi triangular, rostriform, acute, 

 squamous-birsute. Hind tibise not incrassated. Wings yellow, 

 alike in colour, witb brown spots. Fore wings very acute,, notched 

 behind the tips. Hind wings with a deep excavation on the hind 

 border. Male. — Antennae broadly pectinated to the tips. Abdomen 

 keeled, quadrate at the tip. Female. — Antennae moderately pecti- 

 nated. Abdomen hardly thicker than that of the male ; tip acute. 



1. Caustoloma flavicakia. 



Lcete-flava ; aim antica maculis quinque costalibus, striga apud 

 marginis exterioris incisuram, lineis duabus guttaque exteriore 

 violaceo-fuscis ; posticce litara apud marginem interiorem, 

 lineaflexa pallidiore fimbriceque guttis. 



Geometra flavicaria, Wien. Verz. 104, 12. III. N. Ausg. dess. i. 



409, 12. Esp. Schm. v. pi. 50, f. 2. Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 128. 



bl. Gotz. Ent. Beytr. iii. 3, 395, 138. Hubn. Geom. pi. 8* 



f. 40. 

 Therapis flavicaria, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 288, 2800. 

 Ennomos flavicaria, Treit. Schm. vi. 1, 30, 14. Eversm. Faun, 



Volg.-Ural. 359. Boisd. Lid. 182, 1441. 

 Therapis flavicaria, Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 50, 129. 

 Caustoloma flavicaria, Lederer. Guen. Phal. i. Ill, 171. 



Hnngary. South Russia. 



Genus 20. VENILIA. 



Corpus gracile. Caput parvum. Frons subproducta. Palpi 

 breves, porrecti, caput paullo superantes; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Anteunse simplices, submonilif'ormes, subpubescentes. Abdomen 

 subcarinatum. Pedes graciles, breviusculi ; tibiae posticae non in- 

 crassatae, femoribus vix longiores, calcaribus longis. Alae opacae, 

 velutinae, concolores, lituris non diversis ; anticae acutae, incisura tenui 



