LEPIDOPTERA HEEROCEKA. 411 



Genus 4. NASCIA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi Iongi> 

 validi, rostriformes, subincumbentes ; articuli indistincti. Palpi 

 raaxillares breves, obtusi, oblique ascendentes. Antennae graciles, 

 filiformes, squamosi, setulis paucis, subtus pubescentes. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes glabri, sat validi, non longi. 

 Alae mediocres ; anticae subacutae, margine exteriore recto. 



Epicorzia ? Hubn. Verz. Schm. 355. 



Nascia, Curt. Brit. Ent. xii. 559 ; Steph. ; Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 



237. 

 Duponcbelia, Zell. Isis ; Herr.-Schceff. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 long, stout, rostriform, slightly iucumbent ; joints indistinct. Max- 

 illary palpi short, obtuse, obliquely ascending. Antennae slender, 

 filiform, squamous, pubescent beneath, slightly setulose. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather stout, 

 not long. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings slightly acute ; 

 exterior border straight, moderately oblique. 



Type, N. acutalis. 



1. Nascia acutalis. 



Pallide ochracea ; oculi albo cincti ; alee anticce costa venisque 

 ferrugineis, fimbria albida basi fusca ; posticce Jlavo-albidce. 



Chilo acutellus, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. 1842 ; Faun.-Volg. Ural. 



540. 

 Nascia cilialis, Curt. Brit. Ent. xii. pi. 599. 

 Pyralis cilialis? Hubn. Pyral. pi. 18, f. 119. Treit. Schm. vii. 



124. 

 Margaritia cilialis ? Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iv. 53, 16. 

 Duponchelia cilialis, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schm. iv. 8, 3, f. 60. 

 Nascia acutalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 238, 210. 



South Russia. Sicily. England ? 



Note. — The following species should certainly be removed from 

 this genus. 



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