﻿1074 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Ypsia ^RUGINOSA. 

 NigrO'fusca ; alee fascia diffusa cinereo-rufescente aut pallide 

 violacea lineis tribus nigris inter rupta, macula fasciisque dua- 

 bus {una basali, altera marginali) e punctis viridibus, punctis 

 marginalibus pallidis. 

 Ypsia aeruginosa, Guen. Nod, iii. 17, 1342. 

 North America. 



2. Ypsia undularis, 



Anthracina ; abdomen nigro-ferrugineum ; alee anticce lineis plu- 

 rimis obliquis undulatis atris ; anticce fascia media diffusa 

 subcuprea ; posticce basi et apud costam cuprece, fasciis duabus 

 atris. 



Phalaena (Noctua) undularis, Drury^ Ins. i. 19, pi 9, f. 4. 

 Noctua undularis, Westw. Drurg, i. 19, pi. 9, f. 4. 

 Ypsia undularis, Guen. Noct. ii. 18, 1343. 



New York. 



Genus 6. ANTHEACIA. 



Corpus robustura. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi validi, 

 scendentes; articulus 3us cylindricus, obtusus, 2i dimidio brevior. 

 i.ntennae corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen basi subcristatum, 

 lias posticus non superans. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae posticae cal- 

 caribus quatuor vix longis. Alse longiusculae, vix denticulatae ; 

 anticae apud costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore 

 subconvexo subobliquo. Mas, — Antennae subserratse, subciliatae. 



Antbracia, Hubn, Verz, Schmett, 275. Guen, Noct, iii. 18. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, as- 

 cending, nearly vertical ; third joint cylindrical, obtuse, rather less 

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

 length of the body. Abdomen slightly crested towards the base, 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; hind 

 tibiae with moderately long spurs. Wings rather broad, hardly 

 denticulated. Fore wings straight in front, slightly rounded at the 

 tips, slightly convex and slightly oblique along the exterior border. 

 Male. — Antennae minutely serrated and ciliated. 



