408 CATALOGUE OF 



the head, coarsely squamous. Maxillary palpi distinct, squamous, 

 triangular, more outward than the labial palpi. AntennaB mode- 

 rately long, pubescent in the male. Abdomen conical, extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs long, slender, bare ; spurs long ; fore 

 tibiae very short. Wings narrow, rather long. Fore wings slightly 

 acute ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings with the exterior 

 border slightly sinuated. 



1. DlASEMIA LITTERALIS. 



Fusca, albido conspersa ; abdomen albo fasciatum ; alee lineis tri- 

 bus obliquis variis albis, fimbria albo strigata ; anticce lineis 

 dilatatis nigrieante interlineatis. 



Phalaena litterata, Scop. Ent. Cam. 229, 574. 



Pyralis litteralis, Wien. Verz. 122, 15. Hubn. Pyral. pi. 15, f. 86. 



Schr. Faun Boic. ii. 2, 63, 1716. III. Auss] ii. 17, 15. 

 Phalaena -Pyralis reticularis? Linn. Faun. Suec. 1355. Gmel. 



ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2525, 341 . 

 Phalaena argentalis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 240, 419. 

 Nymphula litteralis, Treit. Schm. vii. 131, 5. 

 Hydrocampa litteralis, Dup. Lep. viii. 2, 188, pi. 222, f. 7. 

 Diasemia litteralis, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iv. 37. Guen. Deli, et 



Pyral. 233, 204. 

 Botys litteralis, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schm. iv. 26. 



a — g. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



h—l. England. 



m — p. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



q % r. Germany. From M. Heminghoffen's collection. 



s. Italy. From Dr. Leach's collection. 



2. Diasemia? Ramburialis. 



Obscure fusca ; alee cequaliter eoloratee et signatce, singulis trans- 



versis ferrugineo-flavis, lineis alhis, linea exteriore in angulum 



acutum basim versus apertum fracta, fimbria alba nigro inter- 



lineata. 



Hydrocampa Ramburialis, Dup. Lep. viii. 2, 343, pi. 233, f. 6. 



Fisch.-Rosl. Schm. 281, pi. 93, f. 3. 

 Botys Ramburialis, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schm. iv. 26, 68. 

 Diasemia Ramburialis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 205, 234. 



Austria. Corsica. 



