LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. "*69 



Genus 17. XESTIA. 

 Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis sat longa. Palpi pilosi, as- 

 cendentes, sat lon?i ; articulus 2us 3o cylindrieo quadruplo longior. 

 Antenna? corporis^dimidio multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 vix superans. Pedes validi, longiusculi; tibiae posticae calcanbus 

 quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter lata ; antic* apud costam recta?, 

 apice acuminata?, margine exteriore subconvexo mediocriter obliquo. 

 Mas.— Antennee subpectinatae. Foam.— Antennae suboiliatae. 



Hiptelia, Guen. Noct. i. 399. 



Xestia, Hubn. Exot. Schmett. 232. 



Xanthia,p., Ochs.; TreiL ; Dup.; Boisd. ; Herr.-S chaff.; Guen. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis somewhat long. Palpi pilose, 

 ascending, rather long ; third joint cylindrical, about one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennae much more than halt the Jengtu 

 of the body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hmd wings. 

 Lees stout, rather lone ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings straight along the costa ; tips 

 acute ; hind border slightly convex, moderately oblique Male.— 

 Antenna? slightly pectinated. Female.— Antennae slightly ciliated. 



Europe. 

 I. Xestia ochreago. 

 Testacea ; alee anticm lineis transversis undulatis maculisque fuscis, 

 reniformi nigro notata ; posticee cinerascentes, marginibus 

 testaceis. 

 Noctua ochreago, Hubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 92, 



f 431 

 Xanthia ochreago, Dup. Hist. Nat. Up. Fr. vii. 284, pi. 117, f. 8. 

 Xanthia rubecula, TreiL Schmett. Eur. v. 353, 7 ; Suppl. 103. 



Boisd. Ind. MSth. 145, 1171. Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.vi. 



241. Herr.-Schcef. Schmett. Eur. ii. 70, pi. 85, f. 437, 438. 

 Hiptelia ochreago, Guen. Noct. i. 400, 659. 

 Noctua rubecula, Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. pi. 389. 

 Noctua (Xanthia) rubecula, Meig. Syst. Besch. m. 158, 141, pi. 



107, f. 9. 

 Xestia Ochrojois, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 233, 2333. 



South France. Italy. 



a, b. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



2 s 



