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Genus 3. AXYLIA. 



Corpus validum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi porrecti, 

 caput superautes ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i quadrante brevior. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio multo longiores. Pedes validi ; tibiae 

 posticse calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae 

 apud costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore medio- 

 criter obiiquo. Mas. — Antennae subciliatae. Abdomen cristatum, 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Fcem. — Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. 



Xylina, p., Ochs. ; Treit. ; Meig. ; Steph. 



Agrotis, p., JBoisd. ; Dup. 



Xylophasia, p., Gukn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 



Axylia, Hiibn. Verz. SchmetU 242. Guen. Noct. i. 132. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porrect, ex- 

 tending beyond the head; third joint elongate-conical, not one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae much more than half 

 the length of the body. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four long 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, 

 slightly rounded at the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior 

 border; first, second and third inferior veins approximate ; fourth 

 moderately remote. Male. — Antennae minutely ciliated. Abdomen 

 with dorsal crests, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Female. — Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 



Europe. 



1. AXYLIA PUTRIS. 



Cervino-testacea ; palpi nigro varii ; antennce nigrce ; thoracis 

 dorsum cervinum, fascia nigra; alee anticce apud costam 

 nigricantes, macula discali guttisque discalibus et marginali- 

 bus nigris ; posticce albidce, gutta discali fusca, lituris margi- 

 nalibus nigris. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 376, a — c. Albin, Nat. Hist. 



Engl Ins. pi. 79, f. a— d. Harr. V. M. 35. 

 Phalaena-Noctua putris, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1187; Syst. Nat. ii. 



850. Gmel. ed. Sgst. Nat. i. 5, 2565, 152. Turt. Syst. Nat. 



iii. 337. 

 Noctua putris, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 240, 147 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 182 : 



Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 123, 370. Esp. SchmetU iv. pi. 138, f. 45. 



Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 329, 136. Haw. Lep. Brit. 34. 



