LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 215 



Cerigo, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. ii. 5 ; Boisd. ; Hup. ; Guenee, 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 363 ; Noct. i. 178. 

 Polia, p., Treits. ; Herr.-Schceff. 

 Miselia, p., Meig. 

 Thalpophila, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 208 ; Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 



61. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, pilose, 

 obliquely ascending ; third joint cylindrical, about one-third of the 

 length of the second. Antennae a little more than half the length 

 of the body. Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its length 

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

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight along the 

 costa, rounded at the tips, very slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border ; second inferior vein rather nearer to the third than to the 

 first ; fourth moderately remote. Male. — Antennae serrated. Female. 

 — Antennae simple. 



1. Thalpophila Cytheeea. 



Cinereo-fusca ; abdomen testaceum ; alee anticce fuscce, margine 

 exteriore pallidiore venis albis, annulis duobus discalibus 

 lineisque transversis undulatis albidis nigro-fusco marginatis ; 

 posticce pallide lutece, margine lato fuscescentcE, ciliis albidis. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 430, a— d. Harr. V. M. 59. 



Noctua Cvtherea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 57, 157. Haw. Lep. Brit. 



161, 6. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. ii. 147, pi. 57. 

 Phalaena Matura, Hilfn. Berl. Mag. iii. 414. 

 Noctua texta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 108, f. 6. Bork. Eur. Schmett. 



iv. 120, 48. Hubn. Schmett. Eur. Noct. pi. 23, 109 ; pi. 118, 



f. 547 (connexa, Texte). 

 Noctua prospicua, Haw. Lep. Brit. 161. 

 Polia texta, Treit. Schmett. v. 62, 20. 

 Noctua (Miselia) texta, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 129, 84, pi. 10 2, 



f. 10. 

 Cerigo texta, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 107. 

 Cerigo Cvtherea, Boisd. Ind. Meth., 101, 755. Guen. Noct. i. 179, 



278." Westw. & H. Brit. Moths, \. 169, pi. 21, f. 10. 

 Thalpophila texta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 208, 2078. Steph. Cat. 



Brit. Lep. 61. 

 Polia Cytherea, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 257, 225. 



a — n. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 o — r. England. 



s — u. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 w. Europe. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



