258 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Cykozda? Athalialis. 



Mas. Cinerea, nigro conspersa, fuscescente et rufescente subcon- 

 spersa ; alee anticce angulis nonnullis valde acutis albidis, 

 linea exterior e transversa albida, linea marginali nigra, mar- 

 gine exteriore perobliquo ; posticce sordide albidce, fusco sub- 

 conspersce. 



Male. Cinereous, slightly and minutely speckled with black, 

 slightly tinged with brownish and reddish. Fore wings with some 

 whitish lines, which form very acute angles, and are bounded exte- 

 riorly by a whitish transverse line, the latter being nearly parallel to 

 the exterior border, and joining the interior border before the middle 

 of the latter ; marginal line black ; fringe interlined and much 

 speckled with black; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings 

 dingy whitish, minutely speckled with brown ; marginal line brown ; 

 fringe interlined with brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



a. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 





Genus 2. NOCTUELIA. 



Corpus robustum. Caput minimum. Frons prominens. Pro- 

 boscis longa, valida. Palpi brevissimi, arcuati, subascendentes ; 

 articulus 2us latissimus, squamosus ; 3us brevis, filiformis. Palpi 

 maxillares ascendentes, lineares, acuti, labialibus vix breviores. 

 Antennae subpubescentes. Thorax crassus. Abdomen conicum, 

 basi latum, alas posticas non superans. Alas latiuscula?, integrae, 

 densag, rotundatas ; anticae margine interiore convexo. 



Cynceda, p., Herr .-Schceff \ 

 Noctuelia, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 113. 



Body stout. Head very small. Front advanced, tumid. 

 Proboscis long, stout, enlarged and covered with two rows of hairs 

 at the base. Labial palpi very short, curved, slightly ascending ; 

 second joint very broad, coarsely squamous ; third short, filiform. 

 Maxillary palpi almost as long as the labial, ascending, linear, 

 acute at the tips. Antennae finely pubescent. Thorax large, 

 tumid. Abdomen conical, enlarged at the base, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs long, stout. Wings rather broad, 

 entire, thick, rounded ; fore wings with the interior border convex ; 

 hind wings with vivid and well-defined colours. 



