192 CATALOGUE OF 



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

 long spurs. Wings rather long and narrow. Fore wings testaceous 

 and brown or wood-colour, straight in front, slightly angular at the 

 tips, rather oblique and slightly denticulate along the exterior bor- 

 der; first and second inferior veins contiguous at the base; third 

 more than twice further from the fourth than from the second. 



Europe. 



1. Prodenia Retina. 



Cervina ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; alee anticce ex parte fusco?, litu- 

 ris costalibus basalibus et discalibus albidis, fasciis duabus 

 (una interiore altera exteriore) glaucescentibus, vena mediana 

 venis inferioribus striga obliqua discali lineaque submarginali, 

 strigis exterioribus nigris ; posticce alba?, opalina?, fusco vix 

 marginata?. 



Hadena littoralis, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Mad. Bomb, et Maur. Lep. 



91,2, pi. 13, f. 8. 

 Neuria retina, Feiv. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 292. Noct. pi. 



29, f. 145. 

 Prodenia Retina, Guen. Noct. i. 163, 259. 



Crete. European Turkey. Asia Minor. Madagascar. Mauritius. 



a. Madeira. Presented by Mrs. Hope. 



b, c. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 d, e. North India. Presented by Gen. Hearsay. 

 /. Nepaul. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 g, h. — ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



»>i- ? 



North America. 



2. Prodenia Commelin^e, 



Cinerascens ; thorax fusco nigroque fasciatus et vittatus ; ala an- 

 tica? disco fuscescentes, strigis basalibus discalibus et exteriori- 

 bus nigris, lineis subcostalibus, striga obliqua discali, vena 

 mediana, macula apicali lineaque submarginali albidis, fascia 

 obliqua abbreviata exteriore fusca ; posticce alba?, opalince. 



Var. Testacea ; thorax fasciis arcuatis fuscis albidisque ; al& 

 antica? disco ex parte fusca?, strigis lanceolatis maculaque 

 apicali testaceo-albidis ; postica? alba?, opalina?, cervino vix 

 marginata?. 



Phalaena commelince, Abbot fy Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georgia, 

 ii. 189, pi. 95. 



