﻿1416 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 18. ATHYRMA. 



Corpus robustum. Caput fasciculo fvonlali. Oculi magni. 

 Proboscis robusta, mediocris. Palpi erecti, compress], lougi, validi, 

 pilosi ; articuhis 3us subliiiearis, 2i dimidio paullo longior. An- 

 lennge graciles, corporis dimidio b)i)giores. Thorax subcarinatus. 

 Abdomen tumidum, laeve, cylindrico-conicum, basi fasciculatum, 

 alas poslicas non superans. Pedes validi, longiusculi, subpilosi ; 

 tibiae posticce calcaribus longissimis. Ake validai, latiusculse, ciliis 

 longis ; antica) acutce, margine exteriore perparum obliquo. Mas. 

 — Aniennae crenulate. 



Atbyrma, Hub?!. Verz. Schmett, 267. Guen. Noct. iii. 261. 



Body stout. Head with a frontal tuft. Eyes large. Proboscis 

 robust, moderately long. Palpi vertical, compressed, long, stout, 

 pilose, well developed ; tbird joint nearly linear, a little more than 

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

 the length of the body. Thorax slightly ridged. Abdomen tumid, 

 suDooih, cylindric-conical, tufted above towards the base with a 

 slight apical luft, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, 

 rather long, slightly pilose ; hind tibia.^ with very long spurs. Wings 

 stout, rather broad, with long cilice. Fore wings acute, almost 

 straight along the costa, slijihtly convex and very slightly oblique 

 along ihe exterior border. Male. — Anteunoe crenulated, with fine 

 isolated bristles. 



South America. ^ 



1. Athykma ganglio. 



Mas. Fusca ; abdomen cinereum ; aUe anticce lineolis et triente 

 apicali pallidumbus, fascia antemedia postice dilatata stri- 

 gaqiie capitaia postmedia rdyris ; posticce cinerece. 



Atbyrma ganglio (Noctua semigeometra, Ascalapha frequens), 

 Bubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. iii. 10, 211, f. 421, 422; Verz. 

 Schmeit. 267, 2614. Guen. Noct. iii. 263. 



South America. 



2. Athyrma adjutrix. 



JRnfesceiis ; abdomen pallidum; alee linea marginali nigra; antictB 

 apud margineni exteriorem pallidiores, lituris duabus cos- 

 talibvs^ una exteriore snbcostali, una posticaplagisque duabus 

 discalibns airis ; posiicce fusca, basi pallida:. 



