﻿LEPinOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 



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costa, slightly angular at the tips, hardly convex and rather ohlique 

 along the exterior horder. Male. — Antenna minutely serrated 

 and ciliated. Abdomen cylindrical. Hind wings not extending 

 beyond the abdomen. Female. — AniennaB simple. Abdomen coni- 

 cal. Hind wings extending rather beyond the abdomen. 



A. Alae fascia nulla alba. 



A k\'Jdfcem. fusco-cinereee. 



A. Mas fasciis nullis albidis. 

 a. Alae antica? ocello latiore. 



i. Ahe minus tarneee. 



* Alffi lituris minus determinatis. 

 ** Al3B lituris majjis determinatis. 

 ii. Alse magis cameos. 

 h. Alee anticae ocello anj^ustiore. 



B. Mas fasciis albidis. - - . . 

 B. \\'^^ fcem. testaceo-cervinae. - 



B. Alae fascia alba. - - - . - 



retorta, Cram. 



' Japonica, Giien. 



Isabella, Lefeh. 



recessa, Walk. 



Helicina, Giieii. 



- triloba, Guen, 



cohoerens, Walk, 



1. Spiramia retorta. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; corpus suhtus et abdomen apice rvfa; alee 

 lineis transvevsis iiigricantibus indistinctis ; anticarum ocellus 

 indistinctus nigro marginaius. 



Phalcena-Noctua retorta, Cram, Pap, Exot. ii. 29, pi. 1 16, f. F. 



Oliv. Enc. Melh, viii. 2bb. 

 Spiramia suffumosa, Guen. Noct. iii. 195, 1590. 



Foem. Pallide fusco-cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus fusca ; 

 abdomen rubrum, fasciis dorsalibus nigris, basi pallide cine- 

 re%im ; alee fasciis obliquis albidis et nigro-fuscis. 



Phalaena-Noctua retorta, Linn, Mus, Lud, Ulr, ii. Clerck, Icon, 

 pi 54, f. 2, 3. Cram. Pap. Exot, iii. 146, pi. 274, f. A. 



Noctua spiralis, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 21 1, 10; Mant, Ins, ii. 136, 11 ; 

 Ent. Syst. iii. 2. Oliv. Enc. Metli, viii. 17. 



Phalaena-Noclua spiralis, Gmel. ed. Sgst. Nat, i. 5,2530, 973. 



Speiredonia retorta, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 272, 2682. 



Erebus retorta, KolL hug. Kascli. iv 475. 



Var,.^^ Erebus chiraista, KolL Hiig. Kasck, iv. 475. 



Spiramia retorta, Guen. Noct. iii. 198, 1593. 



