LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 455 



Scopelosoina sidus, Guen. NocU i. 386, 642. 

 North America. 



Genus 14. DASYCAMPA. 



Corpus robustum. Caput cristatum. Proboscis mediocriter 

 longa. Palpi porrecti, pilosissimi, caput paullo superantes ; articu- 

 lus 2us 3o longi-conico triplo longior. Antennae corporis dimidio 

 multo longiores. Thorax subcristatus. Abdomen depressum, alas 

 posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor breviusculis. Ala? mediocriter latae ; antica apud costam 

 rectae, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore subconvexo mediocriter 

 obliquo. Mas. — Antennae vix ciliatae. 



Dasycampa, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 224 ; viii. 497 ; NocU i. 

 Orrhodia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 231. 

 Cerastis, p., Ochs. ; Treits.; Boisd. ; Steph. 

 Omalosoma, Duponch. 



Body stout. Head crested. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi porrect, very pilose, extending a little beyond the head ; third 

 joint elongate-conical, about one-third of the length of the second. 

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

 slightly crested. Abdomen flat, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiee with four rather short spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, rectangular 

 at the tips, slightly convex and moderately oblique along the exte- 

 rior border. Male.— Antennae hardly ciliated. 



1. Dasycampa eubiginea. 



Ferrugineo-fulva ; antennce nigrce ; abdominis discus fuscus ; alee 

 anticce lineis transversis denticulatis fuscis, macula discali 

 guttisque plurimis nigris ; posticce nigricantes, ciliis fulvis. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 512, a — d. 



Phalaena-Noctua rubiginea, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2546, 1054. 

 Noctua rubiginea, Wien. Verz. 86, 8. Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 142, 



59 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 31, 76. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 750, 340. 



Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 38, f. 183. Haw. Lep. 



Brit. 204. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. vii. 137, pi. 109, f. 6. 



Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. i. pi. 45. 



