﻿1488 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 7. MOCIS. 



Corpus sat p-acile aut subvaiiclum. Palpi erecti; articulus 

 2us latus, compressus; 3us longus, appressus, squamosus. Antennae 

 lon^^se, graciles, filifonnes, setis non approxiniatis. Thorax suh- 

 quadratus, pilis arete applicatis. Abdomen longum, attenuatnm. 

 Alae latae, subtus piibesceiites ; anticae acutae, subfalcatae, lituris 

 bene determinatis, macula poslica inteviore trigona nigra. Mas. — 

 Abdomen subconicum, basi pilis longis subcristatum. Pedes 

 validi; tibiae fioccosae. Fcem, — Abdomen cylindricum, abrupte 

 acuminatum. 



Mocis, Huhn, Verz. Schmett. 267. Guen, Noct. iii. 309. 



Body rather slender or moderately stout. Palpi vertical ; 

 second joint broad, compressed, with closely applied hairs; third 

 long, linear, flattened, squamous. Antennae long, slender, filiform, 

 with isolated bristles. Thorax subquadrate, with the hairs closely 

 applied ; fore part large, distinct. Abdomen of the male subcorneal 

 towards the base, with long hairs which almost form crests, that of 

 the female cylindrical, abruptly acuminated at the tip. Legs of the 

 male stout ; tibiae with thick cottony hairs, which are lanuginous in 

 the fore pair, and arranged in two flattened rows in the hind pair. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings acute, subfalcate ; markings very dis- 

 tinct ; a black triangular spot hindward near the base. 



West Indies. 



1. MoClS AURINIA. 



Mas. Fnsca ; alee anticce suhviolascentes, fasciis dvahus la svb- 

 basali., Qa ante apicali, ocello discali macidisque costalibus 

 pallidioribus, necnon maculis tribus nigris, \a postica ante- 

 media^ 2a discali postmedia, 3« subapicali ; posticce striga 

 pallida guttisque posticis nigris. 



Mocis Aurinia (Noctua semigeometra, Ascalapha frequens), Geyer^ 

 Zutr, Samml. ExoU Schmett, 30, 363, f. 729, 730. Guen. 

 Noct, iii. 310, 1769. 



Cuba. 



2. Mocis? REFBACTA. 



Foem. Cinerea^ niten^ ; palporum articulvs Sus 2i dimidio non 

 longior ; thorax antice subfuscescens ; alee antica acutce^fusco 



