LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 387 



Agvotera, Schranck, Faun. Bote. 163; Hubn. ; ' Herr.-Schceff. ; 

 Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 217. 



Body slender. Proboscis rather long. Palpi vertical, sepa- 

 rated, squamous; second joint truncate; third triangular, very 

 broad. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antenna? long, submonilifonn, 

 minutely pubescent. Abdomen conical, extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings, slightly tufted on each side. Legs slender, bare, 

 rather long ; spurs long, unequal. Wings rather long and narrow. 

 Fore wings subfalcate ; exterior border undulating. Hind wings 

 slightly truncated. 



1. Agrotera nemoralis. 



Pallide flava ; corpus luteo varium; caput, thorax antice et abdo- 

 men apicem versus fusca ; alee lineis duabus undulatis dentatis 

 fuscis ; anticce luteo lineata, apud medium fusca, extus cer- 

 vince, fimbria alba fusco strigata ; posticce cinerea. 



Phalsena nemoralis, Scop. Ent. Cam. 242, 618. 



Pyralis nemoralis, Wien. Verz. 123, 34. Hubn. Pyral. pi. 15, f. 



100. ///. Ausg. ii. 26, 34 ; Mag. iv. 7, 34. Schr. Faun. Boic. 



ii. 2, 64, 1719. 

 Phalaena Erosalis, Fabr. Ent. Sysi. iii. 2, 236, 405. 

 Agrotera nemoralis, Hiibn. Verz. Schm. 348, 3339. Herr.-Schaff. 



Eur. Schm. iv. 12. Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 217, 179. 

 Asopia nemoralis, Treit. Schm. vii. 156, 9. Dup. Lep. 203, pi. 223, 



f.6. 



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



2. Agrotera ? Rumtnalis. 



Mas. Rufescente-cinerea; antennce submonili formes, subciliatce ; 

 alee linea marginali albida ; anticce pcracutce, linea interiore 

 obliqua alba, spatio exterior e pallido, punctis costalibus nigris ; 

 posticce linea exteriore alba extus nigro diffuse marginata. 



Male. Reddish cinereous. Proboscis and palpi short. An- 

 tennae submoniliform, very minutely ciliated. Abdomen somewhat 

 tumid at the tip, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 with a slender whitish marginal festoon. Fore wings very acute; 



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