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Dasycampa rubiginea, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 147, 1 188. Herr.-Schaff. 



Schmett. Eur. ii. 322, 427. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 243 ; 



NocL i. 387, 643. 

 Noctua (Xanthia) rubiginea, Meig. Handb. 171, 62 ; Syst. Besch. 



iii. 164, 154, pi. 108, f. 1. 

 Orrhodia rubiginea, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 231, 2317. 

 Noctua tigerina, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 123, f. 4. 

 Noctua sulpburago? Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 679, 293. 

 Cerastis rubiginea, Treit. Schmett. Eur. 398, 2. Steph. III. Brit. 



Ent. Haust. ii. 161. 

 Omalosoma rubiginea, Dup. Hist. Nat. Lcp. Fr. vii. Orthosides, pi. 



1, f. 2. 



a. England. From Mr. Stepbens' collection. 



b. England. 

 c— -f. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 15. HOPOEINA. 



Corpus mediocriter robustum. Caput antice conicum. Pro- 

 boscis breviuscula. Palpi crassi, pilosi, vix ascendentes. Caput 

 longe superantes ; articulus 2us 3o conico quadruplo longior. An- 

 tennae simplices, corporis dimidio valde longiores. Thorax cris- 

 tatus. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor breviusculis. Alae mediocriter lata? ; 

 anticae apud costam recta?, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore 

 recto vix obliquo. 



Hoporina, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 147; Dup. Cat.; Herr.-Schceff. ; 



\ Guen. Noct. i. 388. 



iAantbia, p., Ochs. ; Treit ; Steph. ; Guen. ; Dup. 



Jodia, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 234. 



Xantboleuca, Steph. 



Body moderately stout. Head conical in front. Proboscis 

 rather short. Palpi pilose, hardly ascending, very stout, extending 

 far beyond the head ; third joint conical, not more than one-fourth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae simple, much more than 

 half the length of the body. Thorax crested. Abdomen hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibia? with four 

 rather short spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight 

 in front, rectangular at the tips, straight and hardly oblique along 

 most of the exterior border. 



