LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 789 



Laria morio, Meig. Syst. Beschr. JEur. Schmett. iii. 8, 9, pi. 89, 

 f. 1. 



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

 c. Europe. 



Genus 4. OCNERIA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Palpi porrecti, longi, graciles, pilosi, caput 

 superantes; articulus lus brevis; 3uselongatus,lanceolatus. Pedes 

 gracilliini, fere nudi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. 

 Mas. — Antennae latissime pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Alas lata?. Fcem. — Antennae subpectinatae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Alae sat angustae. 



Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Borkh. ; Esp. ; Hubn. ; God. 



Phalaena-Bombyx, p., Gmel. 



Ocneria, Hubn. 



Liparis, p., Ochsenh. 



Laria, p., Meig. 



Penthophora, p., Steph. 



Body ratber slender. Proboscis not visible. Palpi porrect, 

 long, slender, pilose, extending some distance beyond tbe bead ; 

 first joint sbort; tbird elongate, lanceolate. Legs very slender, 

 almost bare ; bind tibia? witb four ratber long spurs. Fore wings 

 straigbt along tbe costa till near tbe tips, wbere tbey are bardly 

 convex, rounded at tbe tips, oblique along tbe exterior border ; 

 interior angle rounded ; tbree inferior veins ; second about six times 

 furtber from tbe third than from tbe first. Male. — Antennae very 

 deeply pectinated. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. 

 Wings broad. Female. — Antenna) minutely pectinated. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings rather narrow. 



1. Ocneria rubea. 



Albido lateritia ; alee anticce lunula media pallida, lineisque dua- 

 bus transversis obscurioribus valde remotis, posteriore in alas 

 posticas continuata. 



Ocneria rubea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Verce Hypogymnice 

 Subsquammatci) 158, 1648. Herr.-Schceff. Samml. Eur. 

 Schmett. Suppl. ii. Text, 137,22, 1. 



, Scriba Beitr. iii. pi. 17, f. 6. 



Liparis rubea, Ochs. Schmett. iii. 190, 3; iv. 55, 3. 

 Phalaena rubea, Gmel ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2432, 559. 



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