LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 301 



Hercyna rupicolalis, Herr.-Schceff. Ear. Schm. iv. 17, 32. 

 Switzerland. Piedmont. Pyrenees. 



4. Hercyna rupicolalis. 



Nigricans ; alcenigro-fuscce, lineis exteriore et submarginali cinereis 

 diffusis, linea marginali nigra, fimbria cinerea ; anticce lineis 

 basali et interiore liturisque discalibus cinereis. 



Pyralis rupicolalis, Hubn. PyraL f. 198, 200. 



Pyralis serieealis, Hubn. PyraL f. 43. 



Pyralis phrygialis, Hubn, PyraL I. 42. 



Metaxmeste rupicolalis, serieealis et phrygialis, Hubn. Verz. Schm, 



352,3361,3363,3364. 

 Noctua monedula, Esp. Schm. pi. 72, f. 5, 6. 

 Hercyna rupicolalis, Treit. Schm. vii. 181, 3. Dap. Lep. 258, 



pi. 227, f. 2. Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schm. iv. 17, 32. Guen. Belt. 



et PyraL 154, 63. 



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



d. Switzerland. From M. Heminghoffen's collection. 



Genus 5. BOREOPHILA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Frons tumida. Proboscis longa, robusta. 

 Palpi recti, rostriformes, capite longiores ; articulus lus amplus, 

 rotundatus; 2us securiformis ; 3us conicus, indistinctus. Palpi 

 maxillares longi-conici. Antennas longae, graciles, cylindricae, fili- 

 formes. Abdomen longum, alas posticus superans. Pedes longi ; 

 tibiae intermedia? supra villosae. Alae laeves ; anticae subacute, 

 linea exteriore valde flexa ; posticae lituris nullis. Mas. — Abdomen 

 apicem versus depressum, valvulis analibus bene determinatis. 

 Fcem. — Abdomen crassum, acuminatum. 



j Hercyna, p., Treit. 



Botys, p., Herr.-Schceff. 



Boreophila, Guen. Cat. Dup. 195 ; Delt. et PyraL 155. 



Body rather slender. Front arched. Proboscis long, robust, 

 prominent. Palpi straight, rostriform, longer than the head ; first 

 joint large, rounded ; second securiform ; third conical, not distinct. 

 Maxillary palpi elongate-conical, contiguous to the front. An- 

 tennae long, slender, cylindrical, filiform. Abdomen long, extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs long ; middle tibiae villose above. 



