﻿1240 CATALOGUE OF 



2. OXYODES TEICOLOR. 



Fuscescens ; abdomen fulvescens ; alee anticce viridescente sub- 

 nebulosa, lineis transversis obscurioribus indistinctis vagis 

 undulatis, reniformi elongata, orbiculari e gutta nigra, subtus 

 basi ochracece macula magna nigra ; posticce dimidio antico 

 cyaneo-atro linear duas versus angulum interiorem emittente, 

 dimidio postico Icete ochraceo, 



Oxyodes tricolor, Guen. Noct. iii. 129, 1502. 



Australia. 



Genus 2. HEMEEOBLEMMA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi longi, 

 erecti; articulus 2us robustus, subtus pilosus, vix arcuatus; 3us 

 apicem versus latior, 2o valde gracilior et paullo bvevior. Antennae 

 vix setosae, corporis dimidio multo longiores. Pedes validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus longis. Alse amplae, non denticulate ; aoticae 

 apud apices peracutae, uiargine exteriore recto sat obliquo ; posticae 

 abdomen paullo superantes. 



Hemeroblemma, H'ubn. Verz, Schmett, 270. Guen. Noct, iii. 129. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis ratber sbort. Palpi long, 

 vertical-, second joint stout, pilose beneath, hardly curved; third 

 broader towards the tip, much more slender and a little shorter than 

 the second. Antennae very minutely setose, much more than half 

 the length of the body. Legs stout; hind tibiae with long spnrs. 

 Wings ample, not denticulated. Fore wings somewhat curved 

 along the exterior part of the costa, very acute at the tips, straight 

 and rather oblique along the exterior border. Hind wings extending 

 a little beyond the abdomen. 



West Indies. 



1. Hemeroblemma Areos. 



Fuscescens ; alee dimidio basali nigro-cganeee, guttis submarginali- 

 bus albis ; anticce lineis tribus transversis albis, fascia pallide 

 cervina, macula exteriore albida ; posticee fascia exteriore 

 nigro-cyanea cervino marginata, 



Phalaena-Noctua Areos, Cram. Pap Exot. ii. 50, pi. 130, f. D. 

 Hemeroblemma Areopagitica, Uubn. Verz. Schmett. 270, 2654. 



Isle St. Thomas. 



