LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 431 



brown-bordered bands ; exterior band consisting of wbitish dots ; 

 marginal line testaceous; clavifonn and orbicular spots nearly obso- 

 lete; reniform cinereous, marked and bordered with brown. Hind 

 wings cinereous, with testaceous cilia. Length of the body 6 lines; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by the Rev. W. Colenso. 



Genus 8. ORTHOSIA. 



Corpus robustum, pilosum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. 

 Palpi validi, pilosi, porrecti, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us 

 minimus. Antennae corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor lougis. Alas mediocriter latae ; anticae apud cos- 

 tam rectae, apice angulatae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 

 Mas.— Antennae plus minusve ciliato-serratae. 



Orthosia p., Och. Syst. Gloss. Schmett. von Eur. iv. ; Treit. ; Dup. ; 



Boisd. ; Steph, ; Herr.-S chceff'. ; Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



viii. 480; Noct. i. 358. 

 Polia, p., Herr.-S chaff. 

 Caradrina, p., Orrhodia, p., Parastichtis, p., et Orthosia,p., Hii bn. 



Verz. Schmett. 



Body stout, pilose. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, 

 pilose, porrect, hardly extending beyond the head; third joint very 

 minute, much less than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending a little or as much as one-third of its length beyond the 

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

 moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, angular at the 

 tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border. Male. — An- 

 tennae more or less ciliate-serrate. 



Europe. 



A. Alae anticae nigro non variae. 



A. Alae anticae murinae aut cinerascentes. ' 

 a. Alae anticae macula discali nigra. 



a. Alae anticae linea exteriore ferruginea. Lota, Linn. 



b. Alae anticae linea nulla ferruginea. 



i. Alae anticae breviores. - - ruticilla, Esp. 



ii. Alae anticae longiores. - laevis, Hubn. 



