LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1027 



Alae sat longa? et angustae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice vix an- 

 gulatae. Mas. — Antenna? mediocriter pectinatae, apices versus sim- 

 plices. Fcem. — Antennae simplices. 



Exaereta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 200. 

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

 Noctua, p., Wien. Verz. ; Illig. ; Hubn. 

 Harpvia, p., Ochs. 



Uropus, Ramb. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 278; Bond.; Duponch. ; 

 Herr.-Schceff. 



Allied to the Noctuites. 



Body pilose, rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 very short and pilose. Antennae much more than half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather slender; femora and tibiae fringed with long 

 hairs; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings long and 

 narrow. Fore wings straight along the costa, hardly angular at the 

 tips ; three inferior veins ; second more than four times further from 

 the third than from the first. Male. — Antennae moderately pecti- 

 nated to two-thirds of the length, simple from thence to the tips. 

 Female. — Antenna? simple. 



1. Exaereta Ulmi. 

 - Cinerea ; alee anticce venis nigris albo punctatis ; posticte albce. 



Uropus Ulmi, Ramb. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 278, pi. 8, f. 10, a — c. 



Herr.-Schceff'. Samml. Ear. Schmett. Suppl. ii. Text, 121, 18, 1. 

 Noctua Ulmi, Wien. Verz. 66. Fam. A. 1. Illig. N. Ausg. dess. i. 



163, I ; Mag. ii. 76. Lang. Verz. ii. 118, 868, 869. Hubn. 



Noct. pi. 1, f. 1 ; Larv. Lep. iv. Noct. i. Bomb. x. A. B. 

 Bombyx Ulmi, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iii. 385, 143. 

 Bombyx cassinia, Esp. Schmett. iii. 251, pi. 49, f. 4, 5. 

 Bombyx discors, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1. 



, Pap. oVEur. v. 89, pi. 194, f. 256. Suppl. pi. 7. 



Harpyia Ulmi, Ochs. Schm. Eur. iii. 36, 6. Duponchel. 

 Exaereta Ulmi, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 200, 2026. 



a — d. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 e — h. Europe. 



Genus 25. THIACIDAS. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi breves, 

 pilosissimi ; articulus 2us lo multo longior; 3us minimus. Antennae 



z 2 



