436 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



10. Orthosia Pdlvis. 



Mas. 0. suspectae similis, nigro-cinerea ; antennae submonili- 

 formes, sat pubescentes, ciliis longioribus ; alee anticce nigro- 

 cinerea, conspersce, lituris obliteratis, maculis medianis minus 

 eonspersis cinereo marginatis ; posticce nigro-cinerece, basi pal 

 lidiores, ciliis pallidis nigra interlineatis, subtus puncto dis" 

 call lineaque vix distinctis. 



Orthosia pubis, Guen. Noct. i. 361, 602. 



Australia. 



Genus 9. ANCHOCELIS. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, validi, pilosi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us ininutus. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 mediocriter longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam 

 rectae, apice angulatae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 

 Mas, — Antennae subciliatae. 



Orbona, p., Agrocbola, Cupbanoa, Conistra, et Amathes, Hubn. 



Verz. Schmett. 232. 

 Anchocelis, Guen, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. ; Noct. i. 363. Dup. 



Cat. 

 Orthosia, p., Treits.; Boisd. ; Steph.; Meig. ; Herr.-Schceff. 

 Xanthia, p., Treits.; Boisd.; Steph. 

 Orbona, Westw. 



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

 pilose, not extending beyond the head ; third joint minute, less 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae much more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four mode- 

 rately long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight 

 in front, angular at the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior 

 border. Male. — Antennae minutely ciliated. 



Europe. 



A. Alae posticae non maculatae. 



A. Alae anticae linea nulla discali albida. 

 a. Alae anticae strigis nullis costalibus nigris. 



a. Palpi apice flavi. - rufina, Wien. Verz 



b. Palpi non apice flavi. 



