LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Genus 2. CHIMiEKA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi sat graciles, 

 acuminati, subtus pilosi, caput longe superantes ; articulus 3us lan- 

 ceolatus, 2i dimidio longior. Antenna setaceae, thorace paullo 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae sat latee ; anticae 

 apud costam recta?, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. 

 Mas. — Antennae subpectinatse. Fcem. — Antennae serratae. 



Chimera, Boisd. Ind. Meth. Lep. Eur. 40. 



Cbimaera, p., Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. 11, 2; Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 



262; Boisd. 

 Atychia, Hoffm. ; Latr. ; Chenu. 

 Sphinx, p., Hubn. ; Esp. ; Engr. 

 Pyralis, p., Fabr. 

 Noctua, p., Hubn. ; Bork. 

 Bombyx, p., Hubn. 

 Tribe Atycbides ; Genus Atychia, Duponchel. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi rather slender, 

 acuminated, pilose beneath, extending far beyond the head; third 

 joint lanceolate, more than half tbe length of the second. Antennas 

 setaceous, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen hardly extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings opaque, moderately broad. Fore wings straight 

 in front, rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior bor- 

 der ; inferior veins approximate at the base. Male. — Antennae 

 minutely pectinated. Female. — Antennas serrated. 



I. Chimera fulgurita. 

 Chimaera fulgurita, Fisch. 

 Kirgis, Eussia. 



2. Chimera appendiculata. 



Ala antica? virescentes lineola flava ; postica atrce^ macula media 

 ciliisque albis. 



Chimaera appendiculata, Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 4, 2 ; iv. 35. 

 Boisd. Ind. Meth. 38 ; ed. 2, 40, 2 ; Spec. Gen. Lep. i. pi. 16, 

 f. 8. Engr. Pap. d'Eur. iii. 70, pi. 102, f. 149 ; vi. 50, pi. 273, 

 f. 438. 



Pyralis Saldonana, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 232, 71. 



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