140 CATALOGUE OF 



subapicali ; posticae rotundatae, marline exteriore vix flexo. Mas 

 — Abdomen apice fasciculatum. Fcem- — Abdomen apice acutum. 



Pseudopantbera, p. Hubn. Verz. Schm. 295. 



Zerene, p. Treit. 



Venilia, Dup. LSp. iv. 1 10 ; Steph. ; Herr.-Sch. ; Leder. V. Z. B 



W. iii. 210 ; Guen. Phal. i. Ill ; Staint. 

 Melauippe, p. BoiscL 



Body slender. Head small. Front slightly prominent. Palpi 

 short, porrect, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint very 

 minute. Antenna simple, submonili form, minutely pubescent, almost 

 alike in both sexes. Abdomen slightly keeled, tufted at the tip in 

 the male, acute in the female. Legs slender, not long ; hind tibiae 

 not incrassated, hardly longer than the femora ; spurs long. Wings 

 opaque, velvety, alike in colour and markings. Fore wings acute, 

 slightly excavated behind the tips. Hind wings with the angles 

 rounded ; exterior border very slightly bent. 



Europe. 



1. Venilia maculata. 



Aurato-flava ; alee punclis basalibus maculisque variis flavescente 

 pilosis nigris, fimbria nigro guttata. Var. /3. — Alee toteeflavce ; 

 anticce maculis quatuor costalibus nigris. 



— ■ , Qeoffr. Ins. ii. 140, 6. De Vill. Eat. Linn. ii. 305, 



426. Harr. Engl. Lep. pi. 28. 

 Phalaena-Geometra maculata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 862, 213. Gmel. 



ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2482, 213. 

 Phalaena maculata, Scop. Ent. Cam. 224, 557. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 



264, 132 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 208, 198 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 196, 244. 



Fuessl. Schw. Ins. 39, 762. Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 2, 51, 1687. 



Lang. Verz. ii. 196, 1347. 

 Geometra maculata, Wien. Verz. 115, 13. III. N. Ausg. dess. i. 469, 



13. Bork. Eur. Schm. v. 475, 232. Esp. Schm. v. 117, pi. 23, 



f. 2, 3. Gbtze. Ent. Beytr. iii. 3, 298, 213. Brahm. Ins. Kal. 



ii. 1, 400, 280. Klum. Beytr. 123, pi. 14, f. 5. Hubn. Geom. 



pi. 25, f. 135. Haw. Lep. Brit. 343. 

 Pseudopantbera macularia, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 295, 2855. 

 Zerena maculata, Treit. Schm. vi. 2, 234, 9. 

 Venilia maculata, Dup. Lep. v. 233, pi. 187, f. 5. Steph. III. Brit. 



Haust. iii. 304, 1. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. 53, 139. Guen. 



Phal. i. 1 12, 172. Staint. Man. ii. 9. 

 Melanippe macularia, Boisd. Ind. 215, 1779. 





