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thorax ; joints indistinct. Maxillary palpi not distinguishable 

 from the frontal tuft, which is covered with coarse incumbent hairs. 

 Antennae of the male simply setose. Abdomen cylindrical and with 

 a quadrate tip in the male, without any apparent oviduct in the 

 female. Wings entire. Fore wings nearly triangular, elongate at 

 the tips, with the middle line and the discal point distinct. Hind 

 wings without any markings. 



1. ACTENIA BORGIALIS. 



Violaceo-fusca ; alee antica lineis interiore et exteriore marginem 

 interiorem versus convergentibus, punctis marginalibus et disco 

 inter vtnas albidis, puncto discali fusco, line a interiore den- 

 tata ; po.sticce albidce, lunula obscuriore. 



Cledeobia Borgialis, Dup. Lep. 302, pi. 230, f. 4. 

 Pyralis Borgialis, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schm. iv. 125, 19. 

 Actenia Borgialis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 135, 35. 



South France. Sicily. 



2. Actenia brunnealis. 



Fusco-cinerea ; alee anticce lineis interiore et exteriore pallidis, hac 

 subrecta fusco late adumbrata, ilia flexuosa indeterminate 

 fusco adumbraia. 



Pyralis comparalis (glaucinalis, texte err.), Hubn. Pyral. pi. 19, 



f. 126. 

 Pyralis brunnealis, Treit. Schm. vii. 48, 7. Herr.-Scharff. Eur. 



Sch?n.\v. 125,20. 

 Cledeobia brunnealis, Dup. Lep. 82, pi. 4, f. 6. 

 Actenia brunnealis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 135, 36. 

 Synapbe comparalis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 347, 3327. 



South France. Austria. Italy. 



3. Actenia hoxestalis. 



Rubente-ochracea, subvirens ; alee anticce lineis interiore et exte- 

 riore tenue pallidis lateribus inversis tenue fusco adumbratis, 

 hac obtuse angulata, ilia sinuata. 



Pyralis honestalis, Treit. Schm. vii. 49, 8. Fisch.-Rosl. 9, pi. 6, f. 1. 

 Herr.-Schaff. iv. 125, 21. 



Actenia honestalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 135, 37. 



Hungary. 



