80 CATALOGUE OF 



longi-eonicus, 2i quadrante non longior. Antennae sat graciles. 

 Abdomen alas posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes sat robusti ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. Alas medio- 

 criter latae, anticae saepissime testaceae, subacuminatse, maculis 

 ordinariis nullis, apud costam rectae, margine exteriore subobiiquo. 

 Larva cylindrica, glabra, pallida, per diem latens, multiliueata. 

 Pupa terra sepulta. Mas. — Antennae subserratae. Fcem. — Antennae 

 simplices. 



Leucania, p., Ochs. St/st. Gloss, Schmett. Eur. iv. ; Treits. ; Meig. ; 



Boisd. ; Guenee, Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. vi. 338 ; NocL i. 69 ; Herr.- 



Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 227. 

 Symira, Calamia, et Leucania, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 240, 241. 

 Leucania et Calamia, Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 123, 124. 



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

 ascending, extending beyond the head; third joint slender, elou- 

 gate-conical, about one-fourth of the length of the second, or 

 shorter. Antennae rather slender. Abdomen extending more or 

 less beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout; hind tibiae with 

 four moderately long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wiugs generally testaceous, straight in front, slightly acuminated at 

 the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border ; fourth inferior 

 vein remote from the other three, which are nearly contiguous at 

 the base. Male. — Antennae slightly serrated. Female. — Antennae 

 simple. 



Europe. 



Group 1. 



Alae anticae testacea?, plus minusve vittatae et lineatae, striga 

 aut gutta discali alba. 



Fore wings testaceous or fawn-colour, with more or less stripes 

 and lines, and with a white discal streak or dot. 



Subgroup 1. 



Alae anticae subacuminatae, pallide cervinae, vittis cinereis et 

 rufescentibus, gutta discali alba, margine exteriore subobiiquo ; pos- 

 ticae albidae. 



Fore wings pale fawn-colour, slightly pointed, very slightly 

 oblique along the exterior border, with grayish and reddish streaks, 

 and with a discal white dot. 



