﻿1178 CATALOGUE OF 



long ; joints distinct ; third join t rather long or very short. Antennse 

 long, simple. Thorax crested, densely pilose. Abdomen long, 

 conical, villose on the back. Legs stout ; hind legs with long spurs. 

 Wings ample, denticulated. Fore wings more or less cinereous and 

 clouded. Hind legs very generally bright rosy red or luleous, with 

 a black band and a black border. 



A. Pedes breves 1. Parthenos, Hubn. 



B. Pedes longi. 



A, Palporum articulus 3us saepissime brevissimus. 



2. Catocala, Ochs, 



B. Palporum articulus 3us longus. 



A. Alae breviusculoB - - - - 3. Blenina, Walk. 



B. Alse longiusculse - - - - 4. Allotria, Hubn, 



Genus 1. PAKTHENOS. 



Corpus robustum. Frons angusta. Proboscis mediocris, sat 

 valida. Palpi oblique ascendenles ; articulus 2us angustus ; 3us 

 longus, compressus, acutus, vix squamosus. Antennae gracillimae, 

 basi valde approximatae. Thorax brevis, subquadratus, cristatus. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes breves, vix villosi ; 

 intermedii genubus fasciculatis. AIsb latae, denticulatae ; anticaB 

 apud costam vix convexae, apice acutae, margine exteriore sat 

 obllquo. Mas. — Antennae vix pubescentes. Abdomen conicum, 

 carinatum. Fcem, — Abdomen crassum, obtusum. 



Parthenos, Hubn. Verz, Schmett. 278. Guen, Nod. ii. 79. 



Body stout. Front narrow. Proboscis of moderate length, 

 rather stout. Palpi obliquely ascending; second joint slender; 

 third long, compressed, acute, hardly squamous. Antennae very 

 slender^ very near together at the base. Thorax short, subquadrate, 

 crested. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 short, hardly villose; middle pair with the knees tufted. Wings 

 broad, denticulate. Fore wings hardly convex along the costa, 

 acute at the tips, exterior border moderately oblique. Male. — 

 Antennae hardly pubescent. Abdomen conical, keeled. Female. — 

 Abdomen thick, obtuse. 



1. Paethenos nubilis. 



Cinerea ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; abdomen lutes cente-cinereum, ; 

 alcB anticcB albido fuscoque varice ; posticce lutece, basi fusca, 

 fasciis tribus variis maryineque nigris. 



