360 * CATALOGUE OF 



Country unknown. 



4. Hap alia alternans. 



Mas et fcem. Glauco-viridis ; caput fuscum; thorax fasciis an- 

 ticis nigricantibus ; abdomen cervinum, fusco fasciatum ; ala 

 anticce apud costam fuscescentes, lineis transversis undulatis 

 albidis nigro marginatis, maculis duabus (una fusca, altera 

 nigra) exterioribus, lunulis marginalibus nigris, orbiculari et 

 reniformi fusco divisis, hac fusco pupillata, ilia subquadrata ; 

 postica cervince, ciliis albidis, 



Male and female. Glaucous-green. Head dark brown. Tho- 

 rax with blackish bands in front. Abdomen fawn-colour, with 

 brown bands. Fore wings with a brown tinge in front ; transverse 

 lines undulating, whitish, with black borders ; a subrnarginal brown 

 spot in the disk, and a black one near the interior angle ; marginal 

 lunules black ; a brown space between the orbicular spot and the 

 reniform, which are nearly equally large, the former subquadrate, 

 the latter of the usual form, and with a brownish disk. Hind wings 

 fawn-colour, with whitish ciliae ; under side with a brown discal 

 spot. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. ? 



Genus 5. CHEEA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi validi, 

 porrecti, breves ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae simplices, cor* 

 poris dimidio multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas superans. 

 Pedes validi; tibia? posticas calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae medio- 

 criter latae ; anticae longiuscula?, apud costam rectae, apice rotun- 

 datae, margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Chera, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 211. 

 Agrotis, p., Treit. ; Guen. 

 Polia, p., Donzel. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi short, porrect ; 

 third joint very small. Antennae simple, much more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings mo- 

 derately broad. Fore wings rather long, straight in front, rounded 

 at the tips, somewhat oblique along the exterior border. 





