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2. Apopestes Phantasm a. 



Proecedenti valde affinis ; cinerascens ; thorax antic us nigro-fuscus ; 

 alcB anticcB lineis mediis postice magis approximatis^ macula 

 reniformi minore^ luaulis marginalibus e punctis nigris, 



Spintherops Phantasma, Kindermann, Guen. Noct, ii. 422, 1290. 



Altai Mountains. 



Genus 3. AUTOPHILA. 



Corpus sat graoile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi nou longi, 

 oblique ascendenles ; articulus 2us subtus pilosus ; 3us 2i triente 

 brevior aui non longior. Antennae graciles, corporis dimidio Ion- 

 giores. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes longiusculi, 

 sat graciles ; tibiae posticse calcaribus longis. Alae mediocriter ' 

 latae ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, apice subrectangulatae, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo vix obliquo. Mas, — Antennae 

 subciliatcB. 



Autophila, H'uhn. Verz. Schmett. 274. 



AmpUipyra, p., Trelt, 



Spiutherops, p., Boisd, ; Guen, Noct. ii. 421. 



Body ratber slender. Proboscis rather short. Palpi not long, 

 obliquely ascending ; second joint pilose beneath ; third one-third 

 or less than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 slender, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen hardly 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long and slender ; 

 hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings hardly convex in front, obtusely rectangular at the lips, 

 slightly convex and hardly oblique along the exterior border. 

 Male. — Antennae very minutely ciliated. 



1. Autophila Cataphanes. 



Pallidissime murina ; palporum articulus 3us 2i triente vix bre- 

 vior ; alee anticce nigro conspersce, fasciis undulatis apud 

 costam saturatioribus lunulisque marginalibus nigricantibus ; 

 posticce pallidce, ceneo subtinctce, fascia margineque latissimo 

 obscurioribus. 



Noctua Cataphanes, Hubn, Eur. Schmett. Noct, f, 559. God. Lep. 

 Fr. V. 39, pi. 74. 



