﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1021 



Genus 5. MOKMO. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi ob- 

 lique asceudentes ; articulus 2us validus, pilosus; 3us rainutus, 

 longi-conicus. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Thorax cristatus. Abdomen cristatum. Pedes longiusculi ; tibia? 

 posticae calcaribus longis. illae latae, denticulis exterioribus bene 

 detenninatis ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, apice rotundatse, 

 margine exteriore perparum obliquo ; posticaB abdomen siiperantes. 



Mormo, p., Ochs. Syst. iv. 70 ; Steph. 



Mania, p., Treit. Schmett. v. 294 ; Boisd. ; Guen, 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending; second joint stout, pilose; third elongate-conical, not 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae simple, 

 more than half the length of the body. Thorax crested. Abdomen 

 crested, not extending so far as the hind wings. Legs rather long; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings broad, strongly denticulated 

 along the exterior border. Fore wings very slightly convex along 

 the costa, somewhat rounded at the tips ; exterior border very 

 slightly oblique. 



1. MoRMO MAURA. 



Nigro-fusca ; alee anticcR hasi, costa fasciisque duabus (una exte- 

 riore^ altera marginali) cinereo-fuscis^ maculis costalibus 

 nigris, guttis costalibus subapicalibus pallidis^ orbiculari et 

 reniformi bene determinatis pallido marginatis ; posticce fas- 

 ciis duabus (exteriore incompleta) ciliisque pallidis. 



-, Schceff. Icon. pi. 1, f. 5, 6. Harr. Ins, AngL pi. 1, 



f. a, b. Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 561, a — f. 

 Phalaena-Noctua maura, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 843, 124. Gmel. ed. 



Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2540, 124. 

 Noctua maura, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 224, 81 ; Mant, Ins. ii. 153, 134 ; 



Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 63, 177. Wien. Verz, 90, 1. Esp. Schmett. 



iv. pi. 107, f. 1. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 1, 1. Rossi, Faun. 



Etr. 393. Hiibn. Ear. Schmett. Noct. pi. 67, f. 326. Frey. 



Beitr. pi. 53. God. Lep. Fr. v. pi. 54, f. 1,2. Donov. Brit. 



Ins. vii. pi. 230. Haw. Lep. Brit, 

 Phalaena Lemur, Meineck. Naturf. vi. pi. 5, f. 1. 

 Mormo maura, Hdbn. Verz. Schmett. 275, 2711. Steph. III. Brit. 



Ent. Haust. iii. 129. 



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