208 CATALOGUE OF 



North America. 



8. Heliophobus fimbriaris. 



Cano-cervina ; abdomen pallide testaceum ; alee antica? gutta lu~ 

 nulisque discalibus testaceis nigro marginatis, lineis duabus 

 transversis (una interiore, altera exteriore guttulari) albidis 

 fusco marginatis, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; posticce cana, 

 fascia submarginali fuscescente. 



Heliophobus fimbriaris, Guen. Noct. i. 172, 271. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 2. EPISEMA. 



Corpus validum, pilosum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 pilosi; arliculus 3us subcylindricus, 2i quadrante non longior. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas triente 

 superans. Pedes pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. 

 Alas mediocriter latae ; anticae lituris venisque pallidis, apud costam 

 recta?, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore vix oblique. Mas, — An- 

 tennae late pectinata?. 



Episema, Ochs. ; Treit. ; Boisd. ; Guen. ; Dup. ; Meig. 



Body stout, pilose. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, pilose ; 

 third joint nearly cylindrical, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae more than half the length of the body. Abdo- 

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

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

 broad. Fore wings with pale lines on the veins and other pale 

 marks, straight in front, rounded at the tips, very slightly oblique 

 along the exterior border ; first, second and third inferior veins ap- 

 proximate; fourth rather remote. Male. — Antennae deeply pec- 

 tinated. 



1. Episema hispana. 



Al& anticce supra albido vel cinereo-subrufescentes, maculis obscu- 

 rioribus, lineis duabus transversis, interna in medio angulosa ; 

 antenna? maris valde et ad apices pectinata. 

 Episema hispana, Rambur, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. vi. 66 ; 

 Rev. Zool. 1847, 238, 3. Guen. Noct. i. 173, 274. Meig. 

 Syst. Besch. iii. 60, 3, pi. 89, f. 10. 

 Episema trimacula, Duponch. Hist. Nat. hep. vi. 193, pi. 85, f. 3. 



Spain. Algeria. 



a. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



