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men lineare, attenuatum, alas posticas plus minusve superans. 

 Pedes laeves, longi, gracillimi, calcaribus longis inaequalibus. Alae 

 non aut vix nitentes, concolores, lituris non diversis ; anticae acuta?, 

 plus minusve lanceolatae. 



Synaphe, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 347. 



Asopia, p., Dup. 



Nymphula, p., et Botys, p., Treit. 



Stenia, Guen. Cat. Dup. ; Delt. et Pyral. 241 ; Herr.-Schceff. 



Margaritia, p , Steph. Brit. Haust. 



Dolycharthria, Steph. Cat. Brit. Lep. 



Body very slender. Head prominent. Ocelli distinct. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Palpi porrect or incumbent, stout, hirsute- 

 squamous, rather long, of two colours ; third joint indistinct, 

 Maxillary palpi more or less distinct. Antennae long, slender, fili- 

 form, sometimes finely setulose, sometimes with triangular joints 

 and thus moniliform. Abdomen linear, attenuated, generally 

 long, extending more or less beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 long, very slender; spurs long, not equal. Wings not or hardly 

 shining, alike in colour and with like markings. Fore wings acute, 

 more or less lanceolate. 



Europe. 



A. Alae pallida?. 

 A. Ala? anticae linea nulla plumbea. 



a. Alae posticae macula discali nigra. - Bruguieralis, Lef. 



a. Alae anticae cinereae. - Adelalis, Guen. 



b. Alae anticae cinereo-carneae. - - carnealis, Treit. 



c. Alae anticae pallide ochraceae. 



i. Alae anticae lineis nigris. - - Ophialis, Treit. 

 ii. Alae anticae lineis fuscescentibus. 



punctalis, Wien. Verz. 

 A. Alae anticae lineis plumbeis. - ornatalis, Parr. 



B. Alae nigricantes. - stigmosalis, Herr.-Schceff. 



1. Stenia Bkuguieralis. 



Fusco-cinerea ; abdomen albo cinctum ; alee nigricante conspersa, 

 linea exteriore valde undulata punctisque marginalibus nigris ; 

 anticce linea interiore obliqua, orbicularis macula posteriore et 

 reniformi annuliformi nigris ; posticce macula discali nigra. 



Botys Bruguieralis, Lefebvre, Dup. Lep. viii. 2, 320, pi. 232, f. 3. 



