LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 185 



Noctua scriptura, Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. iii. 87, pi. 55, f. 2. 

 Xylina scriptura, Herr.-S chaff. Eur. Schmett. ii. Noct. pi. 98, 



f. 504, 505. 

 Aporophyla scriptura, Guen. Noct. i. 152, 241. 



Turkey. 



3. Aporophyla orientalis. 



Cinerea ; alee anticce strigis nigricantibus, litura discali guttisque 

 exterioribus et marginalibus flavescentibus. Mas. — Alee pos- 

 ticce albce. Fuem. — Alee posticce cinerece, basi albce. 



Xylina orientalis, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. pi. 98, f. 502, 



503. 

 Aporophylla orientalis, Guen. Noct. i. 153, 242. 



Turkey. 



Genus 8. SPODOPTEEA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 validi, pilosi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us brevissimus. Antenna 

 simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes validi, antici pilosissirni ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis validissimis. Alae sat angustas ; anticae apud costam 

 rectce, apice subangulatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Spodoptera, Guen. Noct. i. 153. 

 Hadena, p., Boisd. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, 

 pilose, ascending; third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae simple, more than half the 

 leugth of the body. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four long and very stout spurs ; 

 fore legs very pilose. Wings somewhat narrow. Fore wings 

 straight in front, slightly angular at the tips, very oblique along the 

 exterior border ; second inferior vein much nearer to the first than 

 to the third ; fourth moderately remote. 



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