LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 379 



, Engr. Pap. a" Eur. 436, a — c. 



Noctua linogrisea, Wien. Verz. 79, 22. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 151, 



118 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 58, 160. Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 108, f. 3. 



Boric. Eur. Schmett. iv. 116, 46. Kleem, Beit. Ins. Gesch. ii. 



pi. 7, f. 4, 5. Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. NocU pi. 21, f. 



101 ; pi. 114, f. 531; Larv. Lep. iv. Noct. ii. Gen. G, b, f. 



1, a. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. v. 149, pi. 57, f. 5. 

 Triphaena linogrisea, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 1,272, 8. Boisd. Ind. 



Meth. 102, 756, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 239. 

 Phalaena (Noctua) linogrisea, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2538, 



1010. 

 Epilecta linogrisea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 221, 2209. 

 Hiria linogrisea, Dup. Cat. 145. Guen. Noct. i. 314, 523. 

 Tryphaena linogrisea, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 81, 6, pi. 96, f. 7; 



Handb. 158, 26, pi. 12, f. 8. 



a — c. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 d. France. 



Genus 10. TRIPILENA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi validi, pilosi, 

 subascendentes ; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae sim- 

 plices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen latum, depressum, 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi, longiusculi ; tibiae an- 

 ticae breves ; posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alae medio- 

 criter latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subangulatas, margine 

 exteriore subconvexo vix obliquo ; posticae luteae, nigro marginatae. 



Triphasua, Ochs. Syst. Gloss. Schmett. von Eur. iv. ; Treit.; Boisd. ; 



Dup.; Steph.; Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 565; Noct. i. 



315. 

 Triphaena, Lampra et Euschesis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 221. 



Body very stout. Proboscis ratber long. Palpi stout, pilose, 

 slightly ascending ; third joint conical, very minute, less than one- 

 sixth of the length of the second. Antennae simple in both sexes, 

 rather more than half the length of the body. Abdomen broad, flat, 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, rather long ; 

 fore tibiae short; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings mo- 

 derately broad. Fore wings straight in front, somewhat angular at 

 the tips, slightly convex and very slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border. Hind wings luteous, with black borders. 



