300 CATAOGUE OF 



silky, rounded, moderately broad, riot long ; lines diffuse, not dis- 

 tinct. Male. — Abdomen sligbtly depressed, with a quadrate apical 

 tuft. Female. — Abdomen tumid ; tip acute ; oviduct prominent. 



A. A\& anticae albido conspersae. - pyrenaealis, Bup. 



B. Alae anticae albido non conspersae 



A. Alae posticae fimbria alba basi nigro punctata 



sericatalis, Herr.-S chceff. 



B. Alae fimbria apice alba. - - holosericealis, Hubn. 



C. Alae fimbria cinerea. - rupicolalis, Hubn. 



I. Hercyna pyren^alis. 



Nigricans ; alee linea submarginali undulata punctisque margi- 

 nalibus albidis ; anticce albido conspersce, linea interiore nigra 

 orbicularis reniformi maculaque rotunda posteriore nigro 

 marginatis. 



Hercyna pyrenaealis, Bup. Suppl. 400, pi. 82, f. 6. Herr.-Schaff. 



Eur. Schm. iv. 17, 29. Guen. Dell, et Pyral. 153, 60. 

 Hercyna Simplunialis, Herr.-S chceff. Eur. Schm. f. 31 — 34. 



Alps. Pyrenees. 



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



2. Hercyna sericatalis. 



Nigro-fusca; alee lineis interiore et exteriore late subviolaceis ; anticce 

 apice albce ; postica fimbria alba basi nigro punctata. 



Hercyna sericatalis, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schm. iv. 17, 30, pi. 5, 

 f. 28, 29. Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 154, 61. 



Constantinople. 



3. Hercyna holosericealis. 



Fusca ; alee {antica brevius) ciliis apice albis, lineis interiore et 

 exteriore lalis, orbiculari et reniformi glaucis aut subviolaceis 



Pyralis holosericealis, Hubn. Pyral. pi. 17, f. 112. 

 Pyralis rupicolalis, Hubn. Pyral. pi. 21, f. 139. 

 Metaxmeste holosericealis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 352, 3362. 

 Hercvna holosericealis, Treit. Schm. vii. 181, 2. Dup. Lep. 355, 

 pi. 234, f. 6, 7. Guen. Belt, el Pyral. 154, 62. 



