LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 519 



The earliest Dame of this genus is here restored to it, the 

 later name having been erroneously adopted in the synopsis of 

 the genera of the family. 



Colour very generally white. Body most often stout. Pro- 

 boscis stout, moderately long. Palpi ascending, short, broad, com- 

 pressed, very pilose ; third joint very short. Maxillary palpi pilose, 

 often nearly as long as the labial palpi. Antennae simple, bare or 

 pubescent, moderately long and stout, incrassated at the base in 

 some species. Abdomen nearly cylindrical, extending rather be- 

 yond the hind wings. Legs long, smooth, moderately stout ; spurs 

 moderately long. Wings lanceolate, more or less narrow, semi- 

 hyaline ; costa of the fore wings generally more or less dark and 

 opaque. Male. — Abdomen with an apical tuft, which is often of a 

 dark colour. Hind tibiae tufted in some species. 



Europe. 



1. Margaronia Unionalis. 



Alba ; frons rufescente-flava; thorax linea antica rufescente ; alee 

 jlavescente-albce, linea flavescente marginali vaga, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; antica costa fuscescente-f ulva flavescente- 

 albo intus marginata^ punctis discalibus nigris. Mas. — Ab- 

 dominis segmentum apicale subtus nigro varium. 



Palpita Normalis Unionalis, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Lep. 



vi. Pyralides, ii. Communes, ii. Palpitce, C. Normales, a, 



f. 1-4. 

 Pyralis unionalis, Hubn. Pyral. pi. 20, f. 132. 

 Botys unionalis, Treit. Schm. vii. 116, 27. Dup. Lep. viii. 155, pi. 



220, f. 4. Herr.-Schceff. Schm. Eur. iv. 25, 62. 

 Margaronia unionalis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 358, 3429. 

 Margarodes unionalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 305, 321. 



South France. Spain. Italy. Dalmatia. Sicily. Hungary. 



a. Nice. From Dr. Leach's collection. 



North America. 



1. Margaronia quadbistigmalis. 



Alba ; caput supra flavum, antice luteum ; palpi fusci; alee fere 

 hyalince, puncto discali nigro ; anticce costa fusca postice Jlavo 

 marginata. 



