﻿1216 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 4. ALLOTRIA. 



Corpus robustum. Palpi arcuati, valde ascendentes, non 

 crassi ; articulus 2us rectus ; 3us longus, linearis, acutus. Antennas 

 simplices, graciles. Thorax brevis, convexus, villoso-squamosus, 

 hirsutus. Abdomen sat longum, alas posticas superans. Alae sub- 

 denticulatae, sat latse ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subangu- 

 latae, margine exteriore vix obliquo; posticse pallidas, marginatae. 

 Mas, — Abdomen conicura. Fcem, — Abdomen crassum, cylindrico- 

 conicum. 



Allotria, H'uhn. Verz. SchmetU 280. Guen. Noct, iii. 36. 



Body robust. Palpi curved, ascending, not thick ; second 

 joint straight ; third long, linear, acute. Antennae simple, slender. 

 Thorax short, convex, villose-squamose, hirsute. Abdomen rather 

 long, extending beyond the hind wings. Wings slightly denticu- 

 lated, moderately broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, 

 slightly angular at the tips, with the exterior border hardly oblique. 

 Hind wings pale, bordered. Male, — Abdomen conical. Female, — 

 Abdomen stout, cylindric-couical. 



1. Allotria elonympha. 



Fusca ; alee anticce fascia media lata irregulari alba fusco varia 

 lifieisque iransversis undulatis suhapicalibus alhidis et nigris, 

 strigaque postica basali alba ; posticce cervince, margine lato 

 nigro'fusco cervino ex parte ciliato. 



Ephesia elonympha (Noctua semigeornetra, Blepharidea flava), 



Hiibn. Zutr. Samml. ExoL Schmett. f. 29, 30. 

 Allotria elonympha, Hubn. Verz. Schmett, 280, 2748. Guen, Noct. 



iii. 37, 1369. 



Georgia. Florida. 



Fam. 5. OPHIDERID^. 



Statura magna. Corpus robustum. Oculi magni, extantes. 

 Proboscis robusta. Palpi validi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us saepis- 

 sime clavatus, elongatus. Antennas longae, robustae.' Thorax 

 crassus, villosus. Abdomen basi villosum. Pedes longiusculi, cal- 

 caribus longis. Alae amplae, robustae ; posticae saepissime discolores. 



Ophideridae, Guen, Noct. iii. 108. 



