1424 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 29. PELURGA. 



Corpus sat rob us turn. Proboscis leevis. Frons producta. Palpi 

 brevissimi, incumbentes, compressi, obtusi ; articuli indistincti. 

 Protborax antice cristatus. Abdomen conicum, sat robusturn, pilis 

 dorsalibus birsutis. Pedes breviusculi, sat validi ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor vix longis. Ala3 margine exteriore subdentato 

 subflexo ; anticae acutae, costa convexa ; posticae breves. 



Pelurga, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 334. Guen. Phal. ii. 476. 

 Cidaria, p., Treit. ; Dup. ; Boisd, 

 Electra, p., Steph. 

 Larentia, p., Herr.-Sch. 



Body ratber stout. Proboscis sbort. Front very prominent. 

 Palpi very sbort, incumbent, compressed, obtuse ; joints indistinct. 

 Autennae smooth in both sexes. Prothorax with a crest between 

 the tegulae. Abdomen conical, ratber robust, with hirsute dorsal 

 hairs. Legs rather short and stout ; hind tibiae with four mode- 

 rately long spurs. Wings with the exterior border slightly dentate 

 and bent. Fore wings acute ; costa convex. Hind wings short. 



1. Pelurga comttata. 



Subochracea ; alee anticce linen nonnullis indistinctis, lineis tri- 

 bus diffusis nigricanlibus albido marginatis, 3a Jlexa, linea 

 submarginali albida subundulata ; posticce albidce, vix lineatce, 

 apud marginem exteriorem subtestacece. 



, Albin, Ins. pi. 47, f. 79. Kleem, Beitr. pi. 37. 



Wilk. Pap. 1749, pi. 67. De Vill Ent. Linn. ii. 341, 522. 

 Phalaena-Geometra comitata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 868,247; Faun, 



Suec. 1264. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2475, 247. 

 Phalaena comitata, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 258, 93 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 28, 



138 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 176, 170. 

 Geometra comitata, Wien. Verz. 112, 3. Boric. Eur. Schm. v. 365, 



178. III. N. Ausg. dess. i. 451, 2. Fuess. Sc/nv. Ins. 40, 780. 



Mull. Faun. Fridr. 49,436; Zool. Dan. Prodr. 127,1470. 



Sepp. Schm. ii. pi. 4, f. 1—9. Haw. Lep. Brit. 342. 

 Geometra chenopodiata, Wien. Verz. 112, 2. Bork. Eur, Schm. v. 



365, 177. Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 2, 1666. ///. N. Ausg. dess. 



i. 451, 2. Hubn. Geom. pi. 58, f. 299. 

 Cidaria chenopodiata, Treit. Schm. vi. 2, 167, 16. Dup. Lep. v* 



301, pi. 192, f. 1. 



