298 CATALOGUE OF 



Body rather stout. Front prominent. Ocelli very distinct. 

 Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, not long, hirsute beneath with 

 long hairs. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Antennae short. Legs 

 long; fore femora and middle tibia? villose. Wings moderately 

 broad, thickly clothed, much rounded ; fringe broad. Fore wings 

 with a furrow along the costa on the under side. Male. — Antennae 

 pubescent. Abdomen cylindrical, obtuse, not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Female. — Abdomen large, tumid, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings, ending in a compressed very acute tip. 



1. NOCTUOMOHPHA SORMALIS. 



Fusca ; alee anticce costa lineaque submarginali denticulata diffusa 

 pallidioribus, linea media dislocata albida nigra ex parte 

 marginata ; postica nigro-fusca?* fascia media albida antice 

 dilatata postice abbreviata, fascia exteriore late interrupta 

 testacea. 



Pyralis normalis, Hubn. PyraL pi. 7, f. 41 ; pi. 17, 110. 

 Pyralis comitalis, Hubn. Pyral. f. 180. 



Titanio normalis et comitalis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 350, 3347, 3348. 

 Hercyna normalis, Treit. Schm. vii. 175, 9. Dup. Lep. 382, pi. 



225, f. 7. Ihrr.-Schceff'. Eur. Schm. iv. 16, 27, pi. 14, f. 98. 

 Noctuomorpha normalis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 151, 58. 



a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 3. HELIOTHELA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons plana. Ocelli distincti. Proboscis 

 longa, robusta. Palpi squamosi, non villosi ; articuli 2us et 3us 

 securi formes, hie parvus. Palpi maxillares securifurmes, remoti, 

 valde distincti. Antenna? breves, cylindrical, velutinae, non setosse. 

 Abdomen conicum, acuminatum. Pedes mediocres, non villosi ; 

 femora antica squamosa. Alse nitentes, concolores, lituris non 

 diversis ; anticse margine exteriore subquadrato. 



Perilypa, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 372. 

 Hercyna, p. Treit. ; Herr.-Schaff. 

 Threnodes, p. Dup. 

 Heliothela, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 152. 



