458 CATALOGUE OF 



Xanthia, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 490 ; Noct. i. 389. 



Xanthia, p., Ochs. Txeit. Boisd. Dup. Steph. 



Jodia, Cirrhia, Citriu, Ochria, Meilinia, Orthosia, p., Atypha et 



Sidevidis, Hiibn. 

 Orthosia, p., Steph. 

 Xanthia, Orthosia, p., et Caradrina, p., Herr.-S chaff. 



Body hardly stout. Head slightly conical in front. Prohoscis 

 moderately long. Palpi slender, porrect, extending some distance 

 beyond the head ; third joint cylindrical, nearly half the length of 

 the second. Antennae rather stout, more than half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen rather slender. Legs stout; hind tibiae with 

 four short spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings mostly 

 yellow or orange, nearly straight in front, rectangular at the tips, 

 slightly oblique and more or less undulating along the exterior 

 border. Male. — Antennae ciliated. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Female. — Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. 



Europe. 



A. Alae anticae lineis transversis. 



A. Alae anticae ochracea? aut pallidas. 



a. Alee anticae albo non notatae. 



a. Alae anticae linea nulla undulata. - citrago, Linn. 



b. Alae anticae linea undulata. - sulphurago, Wien. Verz. 



b. Alae anticae albo notatae. - ocellaris, Bork. 



B. Alae anticae cervinae. 



a. Alae anticae macula nulla nigricante. - evidens, Treit. 



b. Alae antica? macula nigricante. - - pulmonaris, Esp. 

 I B. Alae anticae fasciis latis diffusis. 



A. Alae anticae flavae. - Cerago, Wien. Verz. 



B. Alae anticae luteae. 



a. Alae anticae fascia nulla margin ali. - - Silago, Hiibn. 



b. Alae anticae fascia lata marginal!. - aurago, Wien. Verz. 



C. Alae anticae cervinae. 



a. Alae posticae linea nulla. - gilvago, Esp. 



b. Alae posticae linea fusca. - evidens, Hiibn. 



1. Xanthia citrago. 



Lutca ; abdomen testaceo-albidum ; alee anticce cervino conspersce, 

 lineis quatuor transversis obliquis saturatioribus, la et 2a un- 

 dulatis, 3a et 4a subrectls ; posticae testaceo-albidce. 



