LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 115 



somewhat like a ? ; a row of bvown marginal dots. Hind wings 

 somewhat cinereous. Var. — Fore wings paler, and with the marks 

 very indistinct. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a b. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Group 3. 

 Like the third European group. 



88. Leucania moribunda. 



L. Phragmitidis simillima, minor ; alee anticce unicolores, minus 

 acuta, non falcatce ; posticce subnigricantes. 



Leucania moribunda, Gum. Noct. i. 95, 150. 

 ? 



Genus 5. SESAMIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, caput 

 superantes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i triente vix brevior. An- 

 tennae graciles, fiiiformes. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. 

 Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam subrectae, apice angulatae, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo. Mas. — Antennae subciliatae. Fcem. 

 — Antennae simplices. 



Nonagria, p., Duponch ; Boisd. ; Guen. olim. 

 Leucania, p., Herr.-Schceff. 

 Sesamia, Guen. Noct. i. 95. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, extending some- 

 what beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical, nearly one- 

 third of the length of the second. Antennae slender, filiform. Ab- 

 domen extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, nearly 

 rectangular at the tips, very slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border. Male. — Antennae minutely ciliated. Female. — Antennae 

 simple. 



