LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 1459 



obtusum. Pedes graciles; tibia? posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis ; 

 tarsi longi, tibiis non graciliores. Alae oblongae, tenues, integrae, 

 fimbria tonga ; anticae elongatae, inargine exteriore perobliquo ; 

 posticae breves. 



Minoa, p., Herr.-Sch. 

 Stamnodes, Guen. Phal. ii. 515. 



Body slender. Front globose, squamous. Proboscis sbort, ro- 

 bust. Palpi squamous-birsute, not extending beyond tbe front ; 

 joints indistinct. Antennae smootb, filiform. Abdomen sbort, ob- 

 tuse at tbe tip in tbe male. Legs slender ; tarsi long, as stout as 

 tbe tibiae ; bind tibiae witb four sbort spurs. Wings oblong, delicate, 

 entire; fringe long. Fore wings elongated; exterior border very 

 oblique. Hind wings sbo.it. 



1. Stamnodes paupekaria. 



Ochraceo-fulva ; alee e strigis nigricante-cinereis mar ginatce, fimbria 

 albida. fusco varia ; anticce fuscescentes, costa albida e atomis 

 cinereis trinotata ; posticce subtus cinerea. 



Fidonia pauperaria, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1848, 



xxi. 3, 224, 14. Leder. Lep. Siber. ii. 20. 

 Minoa passerinaria, Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iii. f. 523, 524. 

 Stamnodes pauperaria, Guen. Phal. ii. 516, 1753. 



Steppes of Songaria. Altai. 



Genus 8. POLYTHRENA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons convexa. Palpi squamoso-hirsuti, 

 frontem vix superantes. Antennae graciles, maris setaceae. Pedes 

 graciles ; calcaria longa. Alae oblongae, concolores, valde rotundatae. 



Cidaria, p., Lederer. 

 Minoa, p., Herr.-Sch. 

 Polytbrena, Guen. Phal. ii. 516. 



Body slender. Front convex. Palpi squamous-birsute, hardly 

 extending beyond tbe front. Antennae slender, setaceous in the 

 male. Legs slender; bind tibia? witb four long slender spurs. 

 Wings oblong, much rounded, alike in colour. 



1. POLYTHRENA MELANICTERATA. 



Luteo-flava ; thorax niger, tegulis flavis ; abdomen nigro cinctum ; 

 aim maculis magnis fasciaque sinuata nigris. 



