22 CATALOGUE OF 



Hypena, Schr. Faun. Bote. 163; Treit. ; Duponch.; Steph. ; 



Her r.-S chaff'. ; Guen. Delt. et PyraL 25. 

 C iambus, p., Haw. ; Fahr. Suppl. 

 Hyblaea, p., Fabr. Suppl. 

 Bomolocha, p., Hypena, p., et Macrochile, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schm. 



343, 345. 



Body slender. Head with an acute porreet frontal tuft. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi porreet, pilose, often as long as the thorax ; 

 second joint very long; third generally lanceolate, forming in most 

 species an angle with the second, and frequently not more than one- 

 fourth of its length. Antenna? slender, more than half the length of 

 the body, often subserrated and ciliated in the male, hardly ciliated 

 in the female. Thorax squamous. ikbdomen smooth, often 

 crested, not extending beyond the hind win^s. Le^s slender, 

 hardly pilose; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings acute, generally subfalcate; exterior border slightly convex 

 and oblique. 



Europe. 



A Alee fimbria brevi. 



A. Statura sat magna. - proboscidalis, Linn. 



B. Statura medioeris. 



A. Alae antieae non plagiatae. 



a. Alae antieae falcatae. - - - rostralis, Linn. 



b. Alae antieae vix falcatse. 



i. Alae antics albido variae. 



* Alas antieae apice albidae. - - obsitalis, H'ubn. 



** Alae antieae apice non albidae. - obesalis, Treit. 



ii. Alae antieae albido non variae. - extensalis, Guen. 



B. Alae anticas plaga maxima. - crassalis, Fabr. 

 B. Statura parva. Abdomen alas posticas superans Alae 



angustae. lividalis, Flubn 



B. Alae fimbria longa. 



A. Alae antieae linea exteriore recta. - antiqualis, Hubn. 



B. Alae antieae linea exteriore sinuata. - ravalis, Herr.-Schnff, 



The European species form five groups, of which the first and 

 the second are nearly allied. The third is more distinct, on account 

 of its robust shape and its crested abdomen ; it is closely allied to 

 the Noctuiles, from which some of the exotic species included in it 



