1054 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 41. ICHTHYURA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi breves, 

 porrecti, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us parvus, conicus. An- 

 tennae corporis dimidio breviores. Abdomen alas posticas triente 

 superans, apice fasciculatum. Pedes validi ; tibiae anticae densis- 

 sime pilosaB, posticae calcaiibus duobus parvis apicalibus. Alae 

 mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, mar- 

 gine externo subobliquo. Mas. — Antennae sat late pectinatae. 

 Fcem. — Antennae subpectinatae. 



Ichthyura, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 162. 



Clostera, Hoffmansegg ; Steph, ; Boisd. ; Duponch, 



Laria, p., Schr. 



Melalophae, p., Hubn. 



Pygaera, p., Ochs. ; Meig. ; Herr.-Schceff. 



Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Fabr. ; Gmel. ; Oliv. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi short, 

 porrect, not extending as far as the head ; third joint small, conical. 

 Antennae less than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending 

 for about one-third of its length beyond the hind wings, tufted at 

 the tip. Legs stout ; fore tibiae very densely pilose ; hind tibiae 

 with small apical spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight along the costa, rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border; interior angle much rounded; discal areolet 

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

 contiguous to the first, rather remote from the third. Male. — An- 

 tennae rather deeply pectinated. Female. — Antennae minutely 

 pectinated. 



Europe. 



A. Alae posticae strigis duabus transversis pallidis. Timon, Hubn. 



B. Alae posticae innotatae. 



A. Striga posterior versus margin em anteriorem alba. 



a. Macula apicalis a limbo usque ad strigam posteriorem et 



venam 3am. - ourtula, Linn, 



b. Macula apicalis a limbo usque ad lunulam mediam. 



a. Cinerea, apice usque ad venam 3am obscuriore. 



anachoreta, Fabr. 



b. Violaceo-cinerea, dimidio limbali obscuriore, versus mar- 



ginem anteriorem cinnamomeo. - reclusa, Fabr. 



B. Striga posterior versus marginem auteriorem non albidior. 



anastomosis, Linn. 



