﻿1024 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 2. APOPESTES. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi longiusculi, 

 oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us subtus dense fasciculatus ; 3us 

 gracilis, linearis, subacuminatus, 2i diraiclio non brevior. Antennae 

 corporis dimidio non lon^iores. Abdomen depressuni, alas posticas . 

 perpauUo superans. Pedes longi ; tibise posticae calcaribus longis. 

 Alae latae ; anticae nitentes, apud costani rectae, apice vix angulatse, 

 margine exteriore vix obliquo. Mas, — Antennae subciliatae. 



Apopestes, Huhn. Verz. SchmetL 275. 

 Amphipyra, p., Ochs. ; Treit. ; Steph. 

 Spintherops, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 98. Guen. Noct. ii. 421. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi rather long, 

 obliquely ascending; second joint thickly tufted beneath; third 

 slender, linear, slightly acuminated, full half the length of the 

 second. Antennae not more than half the length of the body. Ab- 

 domen depressed, extending very little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs long; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings shining, straight in front, hardly angular at the tips, hardly 

 oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae minutely 

 ciliated. 



1. Apopestes spectrum. 



Fusca ; abdomen murinum ; alee anticce fasciis undulatis guttisque 

 marginalihus iiigris, reniformis margine et fascia exteriore 

 angulosa pallidis ; posdcce murince. 



-, Engr, Pap. d'Eur. 562, a— d. 



Noctua spectrum, Esp. Schmett. iv. 131, pi. 100, f.3, 4. Fabr. Ent. 



Sgst. iii. 2, 54, 151. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 5, 2. Hiibn. 



Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 67, f. 325. God. Lep. v. 105, pi. 54, 



f. 3. Meig. Si/st. Bench, iii. 134, 94, pi. 103, f. 3. 

 Noctua Socrus, Giorna, Cal. Ent. 142. 

 Noctua GenistcP, Vill. FJnt. Linn. 329. 

 Apopestes spectrum, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 275, 2710. 

 Amphipyra spectrum, Treit. Schmett. v. 291, 7. 

 Spintherops spectrum, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 98, 740. Guen. Noct. ii. 



423, 1289. 



a. Tuscany. Presented by Signer Passerini. 



b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



c—e. Ghor, East Side of the Dead Sea. Presented by H. Poole, 

 Esq. 



