CATALOGUE OF 



tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae latae aut sat lata? ; 

 anticae apud costam rectae aut subconvexae v apice rotundatae aut vix 

 angulatae, margine exteriore subobliquo aut sat obliquo. 



Noctuo-Bombycidae, Guen. Noct. i. 9. 



Noctuo-Bombycini, p., Bombycoides, p., et Hadenides, p., Boisd. 



Ind. Meth. 94, 130. 

 Hadenidi, p., Bornbvcoidi, p., et Noetuo-Bombycidi, p., Steph. 



Cat. Brit. Lep. 100, 1 14, 119, 

 Cyinatophorida?, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 167. 



Body moderately stout, or more or less slender. Antennae 

 simple, often slightly serrated. Abdomen extending as far as or 

 very little beyond the hind wings. Legs slender or moderately 

 stout ; hind tibia? with four long spurs. Wings broad, or moderately 

 broad. Fore wings straight or slightly convex in front, rounded 

 or hardly angular at the tips, slightly or moderately oblique along 

 the exterior border. 



A. Thorax cristatus. 



A. Alae anticae squama basali distincta. 1. Gonophora, Bruand. 



B. Alae anticae squama basali nulla aut minima. 



2. Thyatira, Ochs. 



B. Thorax non cristatus. 



A. Palpi breves, caput non superantes. - 3. Leptina, Gueri. 



B. Palpi brevissimi. - - - 4. Corula, Walk. 



C. Palpi porrecti, caput superantes. 5. Cymatophora, Treit. 



Genus 1. GONOPHORA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 porrecti, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 2us pilosissimus ; 3us 

 gracilis, linearis, breviusculus. Antennae simplices. Abdomen alas 

 posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes mediocriter longi et validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; 

 anticae subacuminatae, apud costam rectae, margine exteriore medio- 

 criter obliquo. 



Gonophora, Bruand, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Sir. vii. 42. 



Phalaena-Noctua, p., Linn. ; Grnel. 



Noctua, p., Fabr.; Wien. Verz.; Esp. ; Hubn.; Haw.; Donov. 



