LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 415 



Noctua Contaminei, Kindermann ; Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. 



Mosc. xx. 3, 77, 13, pi. 5, f. 6. 

 Eogena Contaminei, Guen. Noct. i. 341, 569. 



Sarepta. 



Genus 3. PACHNOBIA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, caput 

 superantes; articulus 2us 3o cylindrico triplo longior. Antennae 

 corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. 

 Pedes mediocriter validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Ala? 

 latae; anticae apud costam recta?, apice subrectangulatae, margine 

 exteriore subconvexo. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. 



Pacbnobia, Guen. Noct. i. 341. 



Diarsia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 222. 



Orthosia, p., Boisd. ; Dup. ; Herr.-S chaff. ; Steph. 



Hadena, p., Zett. 



Agrotis, p., Herring. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; third joint cylindrical, about one-third 

 of the length of the second. Antenna; more than half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings straight in front, almost rectangular at the tips, 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae mo- 

 derately pectinated. 



1. Pachnobia carnea. 



Fusco-cinerascens ; alee antica lineis transversis angulosis cants et 

 nigricantibus, striga discali nigro-fusca, orbiculari albida 

 subovata maxima, reniformi albido marginata strigaque cer- 

 vino combinatis. 



Noctua carnea, Thunb. Diss. iv. 56 ; Mus. Acad. Upsal. vi. 72. 



Noctua ampla, Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 425. 



Noctua tecta, Hubn. Eur. Schmett Noct. f. 377. 



Diarsia carnea, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 222, 2223. 



Orthosia carnea, Treit. Schmett. 226. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lkp. Fr. iii. 



196, pi. 62. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 142, 1149. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 



945. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 198, 49 ; ii. Noct. pi. 78, 



f. 401. 



