﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1023 



Genus 1. EXOPHILA. 



Corpus robnstum. Caput fasciculatum. Proboscis mediocris. 

 Palpi vix asceudentes, caput vix supeiantes ; articulus 3us lona:i- 

 conicus, 2i trieute non lougiov. Antennae simplices, corporis diraidio 

 non longiores. Thorax la? vis, squamosus. Abdomen depressum, 

 alas posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticiB cal- 

 caribus longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, 

 apice subrectangulatae, margine exteriore non oblique. 



Ophiusa, p., Treit. ; Boisd. 



Toxocampa, p., Dap, 



Exophila, Gaen. Ann. Soc, Ent. Fr. Noct, ii. 419. 



Body stout. Head with a tuft in front. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi hardly ascending, scarcely extending beyond the 

 head; third joint elongate-conical, about one-third of the length of 

 the second. Antennae simple, more than half the length of the 

 body. Thorax smooth, squamose. Abdomen depressed, extending 

 very little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiee with 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight along 

 the costa, almost rectangular, but somewhat rounded at the tips ; 

 exterior border not oblique. 



1. Exophila rectangularis. 



Cervino-albida ; alee anticce nigro punctatce^ margine exteriore cer- 

 vino ; posticce subcenece, basi pallidiores, ciliis albidis, 



Noctua rectangularis, Hubn, Ear, Schmett. f. 743, 744. 



Ophiusa rectangularis, Treit. Suppl. 156. Boisd, Ind, Meth, 169, 



1359. 

 Toxocampa rectangularis. Dap. SuppLiii. 602, pi. 50. 

 Exophila rectangularis, Guen. Noct. ii. 420, 1288. 



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



2. Exophila? proclivis. 



Ferrugineo-cervina ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce strigis linea- 

 que media antice abbreviata transversis nigris, margine inte- 

 riore basi pallido ; posticce cinerece, basi ciliisque albidis, 



Noctua procax, Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 510. 

 Asticta proclivis, Hubn, Verz, Schmett, 266, 2606. 



Europe. 



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