LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 97 



Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi long, slender, porrect 

 or obliquely ascending, not pilose; third joint a little more than 

 half the length of the second, with which it occasionally forms an 

 angle. Antennae slender, much more than half the length of the 

 body, crenulate in the male. Abdomen smooth, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings, with a small apical tuft in the male. Legs 

 slender; spurs long; fore tibise in some species dilated and tufted 

 with long hairs. Wings broad, dull, pulverulent, alike in colour 

 and with continuous lines; fringe broad, thick. Fore wings with 

 the apical angle slightly rounded ; exterior border slightly convex 

 and oblique. 



Europe. 



Group 1. 



Palpi recurvi. Antennae maris subcrenulatae. Alae lineis dis- 

 tinctis. 



Palpi recurved. Antennae of the male slightly crenulate. 

 Wings with distinct lines. 



I. Herminia derivalis. 



Straminea aut pallide ochracea ; alee lineis interiore et exteriore 

 fuscescentibus ; anticce linea exteriore angulata, litura discali 

 fuscescente ; posticce linea interiore indistincta. 



Pyralis derivalis, Hubn. Eur. Schm. Pyral. pi. 3, f. 19. 



Crambus derivatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. 369. 



Herminia derivalis, Treit. Schm. 7 ; SuppL 3. Dup. Lip. 21, pi. 



211, f. 2. Herr.-Schceff. Bur. Schm. vi. 383, 596, f. 609. 



Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 55, 59. 

 Paraculax derivalis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 344, 3298. Steph. III. 



Brit Haust. iv. 16, pi. 33, f. 2. Wood, III. f. 765. 

 Pyralis glaucinalis, Wien. Verz. 120. 

 Crambus emortuatus, Haw. Lep. Brit. 369. 

 iEhia emortualis, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iv. 18. Wood, III. 



f. 768. 



a, b. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



c — g. England. 



h, i. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



