274 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 3. AGLOSSA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Frons plana, villosa. Ocelli obsoleti. 

 Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi validi, porrecti, subincumbentes, 

 subarcuati ; articulus 2us subtus pilosus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2i diinidio 

 non longior. Palpi maxillares tenues, penicillati. Abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superans. Pedes longi, validi ; tibiae crassae, calca- 

 ribus longis. Alae integrse, rotundatae, longiuscula? ; anticae robusta3, 

 squamosae, nebulosae. Mas. — Antennae setis ciliatis. 



Pyralis, p., Schr. 



Hypsopygia, p., et Euclita, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schm. 347, 348. 

 Aglossa, Latr. Cons. 369 ; Treit. ; Dup. ; Steph. ; Herr.-Schceff. ; 

 Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 1.25. 



Body moderately stout. Front flat, villose. Ocelli obsolete. 

 Proboscis obsolete or nearly so. Labial palpi stout, porrect, slightly 

 decumbent and curved, extending some space beyond the head ; 

 second joint pilose beneath ; third lanceolate, about half the length 

 of the second. Maxillary palpi represented by a slender pencil of 

 hairs. Thorax with the tegulae diverging. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Legs long, stout ; tibia? thick; spurs 

 long. Wings entire, rounded, rather long, moderately broad ; 

 fringe broad, squamous. Fore wings thick, squamous, clouded. 

 Male. — Antennae with fine ciliated setae. Abdomen with an anal 

 tuft. Female. — Abdomen with a more or less produced terebriform 

 oviduct. 



Europe. 

 1. Aglossa pinguinalis. 



Pallide cinereo-fusca ; alee anticce nigricante conspersce, lineis un- 

 dulatis denticulatis nigricantibus non bene determinatis, litura 

 reniformi guttisque marginalibus nigricantibus. 



, DeGeer, Ins. ii. 371, pi. 6, f. 11. Reaum. Ins. iii. 



pi. 20. Roland, Act. Holm. 1758, 51, pi. 2. S chaff. Icon 



pi. 6, f. 8, 9. 

 Phalaena-Pyralis pinguinalis, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1350 ; Syst. Nat. 



ii. 882", 336. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2523, 336. Stew. 



EL ii. 181. Turt. Syst. iii. 279. 

 Phalaena pinguinalis, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 273, 184 ; Mant. Ins. ii. 



220, 292 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 230, 377. Erahm, Lis. ii. 1, 111, 



50 ; 388, 267. Schr. Faun. ii. 2, 59, 1705. 



