LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1007 



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

 i — I. England. 



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

 r. Europe. 



Genus 12. LOPHOPTERYX. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis capitis latitudine longior. 

 Palpi porrecti, pilosi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, 

 conicus. Antennae thorace longiores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor lon- 

 giusculis. Alae latiusculae ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, apice 

 angulatae, margine exteriore denticulato et subobliquo. Mas. — 

 Antennae subpectinatae. Fcem. — Antennae simplices. 



Lophopteryx, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 26. Herr.-Schceffi. ; 



Duponch. 

 Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Fair. ; Gmel. ; Oliv. ; Esp. ; Hubn ; Haw. ; 



God. 

 Notodonta, p., Ochs. 

 Odootosia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 145. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis longer than the breadth of 

 the head. Palpi porrect, pilose, extending as far as the head ; tbird 

 joint minute, conical. Antennae longer than the thorax. Abdomen 

 extending for hardly one- fourth of its length beyond the bind wings. 

 Legs moderately stout; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. 

 Wings rather broad. Fore wings hardly convex along the costa, 

 angular at the tips, denticulated and slightly oblique along the ex- 

 terior border ; interior border deeply tufted in the middle ; discal 

 areolet intersected by a secondary vein ; three inferior veins ; second 

 about four times further from the third than from the first. Hind 

 wings slightly denticulated, Male. — Autennae minutely pectinated, 

 Female. — Antennae simple. 



Europe. 



A. Limbus alarum anticarum in vena 4a in dentem majorem pro- 



ductus. 



A. Violaceo-fusca. carmelita, Esp. 



B. Ochracea. - cucullina, Wien. Verz. 



B. Limbus alarum anticarum aequaliter dentatus. camelina, Linn. 



1. Lophopteryx carmelita. 



Alee rubiginosce, anticce ad marginem interiorem canescentes, ma- 

 culis duabus albis costalibus ; posliccc fascia obsoleta albida 

 lituraque anali ccerulescenle. 



