162 CATALOGUE OF 



6. Hyde^cia immanis. 



Testacea ; thorax antice fusco varins ; alee anticce cano-subrufes- 

 centes, plaga discali lineis transversis annulisque duobus disca- 

 libus ferrugineis ; linea exteriore obliqua albida ; posticce 

 testaceee, fascia tenui fuscescente. 



Hydraecia iminanis, Guen. Noct. i. 128, 201. 



a, b. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



7. HYDK.ECIA stramentosa. 



Testacea ; thorax antice linea transversa interrupta fuscescente ; 

 alee anticce maculis costalibus fuscescentibus, fascia maculis 

 interioribus lineaque transversa exteriore subcervinis* 



Hydrsecia stramentosa, Guen. Noct. i. 129, 202. 



a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 3. NEPHELODES. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, pilosi, 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us minimus. Pedes validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alse mediocriter latae ; anticae 

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

 Mas. — Antennae subpectinatae, corporis dimidio paullo breviores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Fcern.— Antennae sim- 

 plices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas per- 

 paullo superans. 



Nephelodes, Guen. Noct. i. 129. 



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

 ascending; third joint very minute. Legs stout; hind tibiae with 

 four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in 

 front, angular at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border ; 

 first, second and third inferior veins approximate at the base : 

 fourth remote. Male. — Antennae minutely pectinated, a little less 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending for one- 

 third of its length beyond the hind wings. Female. — Antennae 

 simple, rather more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending very little beyond the hind wings. 



