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2. Oria maculata. 



Alba ; alee anticce testaeea, fasciis interruptis obliquis albis, striga 

 discali maculisque ciliaribus fuscis ; posticce apud margines 

 fuscescentes. 



Leucania? maculata, Eversm. Faun. Volgo. Ural, 267. 

 Synia maculata, Guen. Noel. i. 67, 87. 



Ural Kegion. 



a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 2. DIATARAXIA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi breves, 

 pilosi, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us 2i dimidio brevior. An- 

 tenna? maris subserratae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posticas calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae breviusculae, 

 sat angustae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine 

 exteriore vix obliquo. 



Mythimna, p., Ochs.; Treit.; Dup. ; Guen. 

 Diataraxia, p., Hubn. 

 Leucania, p., Herr.-Schceff. 

 LuperiDa, p., Boisd. 



Body rather stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi short, pilose, 

 hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae slightly serrated 

 in the male. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather short 

 and narrow. Fore wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at 

 the tips, hardly oblique along the exterior border; first, second and 

 third inferior veins rather near together at the base ; fourth rather 

 remote. 



1. Diataraxia imbecilia. 



Pallide cervina ; alee anticce litura transversa hamata pallidiore, 

 lineisque transversis undulatis obscurioribus ; posticce fuscce, 

 ciliis cervinis. 



Noctua imbecilia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 340. Hubn. Samml. Eur, 

 Schmett. Noct. dob, mas. 



