296 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 1. THEENODES. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis medioeris. Palporum articulus 

 2us trigonus, hirsutus ; 3us distinetus, conicus. Palpi maxillares 

 breviores, conici, non hirsuti. Antennas robustae, subpubescentes, 

 artieulis plurirais. Thoi\»x amplus. Abdomen maris cylindricum. 

 Pedes antici femoribus tibiisque valde villosis. Ala? rotundata3, 

 pulverulentae, concolores, lituris non diversis. 



Eurrhypis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 351. 



Threnodes, Dup. Cut. 496. Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 148. 



Hercyna, p., Herr.-Schaff. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi with 

 the second joint triangular, hirsute ; third distinct, conical. Max- 

 illary palpi conical, not hirsute, one-third shorter than the labial 

 palpi. Antennae stout, very finely pubescent, with numerous joints. 

 Thorax large. Abdomen of the male cylindrical. Fore femora 

 and fore tibiae thickly pilose. Wings rounded, pulverulent, alike 

 in colour and with like markings. 



1. Thkenooes pollinalis. 

 Nigra ; alee maculis duabus albis ; anticce lineola basalt alba, 



Pyralis pollinalis, Wien. Verz. 124, 44. Brahm, Lis. ii. 1, 282, 



274. Illig. Auss. ii. 30, 44 ; Mag. iv. 7, 44. Hubn. Pyral. 



pi. 5, f. 29. Fuessl. N. Mag. iii. 147, 46. 

 Noctua bigutta, Schceff. Icon. pi. 275, f. 5, 6. Esp. Schm. pi. 163, 



f. 5. 

 Orenaia pollinalis, Dup. hep. 250, pi. 226, f. 5. Herr.-Schceff. 



Bur. Schm. iv. 16, 26. 

 Hercyna pollinalis, Treit. Schm. vii. 202, 8. 

 Phalaena pollinalis, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 324, 224 ; Ent. SysU iii. 2, 



241,423. 

 Phalaena-Pyralis pollinalis, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2527, 960. 

 Eurrhypis pollinalis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 351, 3357. 

 Threnodes pollinalis, Guen. Dell, et Pyral. 149, 54. 



Europe. 



2. Threnodes guttulalis. 



Nigra; abdomen albo fasciatum ; alee fimbria alba ; anticce strigis 

 duabus transversis (poslica brevi) albis , fimbria nigro bino- 

 lata ; posticce basi albidce, striga unguium versus interiorem 

 alba. 



