470 CATALOGUE OF 



2. Xestia miniago. 



Rufescente-ochracea ; alee anticce striyis ambabus non dentatis 

 lineaque undulata pallidioribus, maculis fusco repletis, orbicu- 

 lari obliqua, punctis niyris venarum pone strigam posteriorem ; 

 posticce albidce. 



Xanthia miniago, Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. iv. pi. 304. Boisd. 

 Ind. Meth. 145, 1172. Guen. Ann. $oc. Ent. Fr. vi. 242, 

 Herr.-Schceff. Schmett. Eur. ii. 201, 62, pi. 23, f. 113. 



Hiptelia miniago, Guen. Noct. i. 401, 660. 



South Russia. 



North America. 



3. Xestia chloeopha. 



Foem. Cervina ; abdomen canum ; alee anticce linea transversa 

 subbasali, strigis discalibus fasciaque gemina subapicali fas- 

 tis ; posticce fasciis duabus fuscis, basi canis. 



Xestia chloropha (Noctua genuina, Gloia fevruginea), Hubn. 

 Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 16, 37, f. 73, 74 ; Verz. Schmett* 

 233, 2334. 



Georgia, Florida. 



Genus 18. CIRROEDIA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Caput conicum. Proboscis brevius- 

 cula. Palpi porrecti, caput vix superantes; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas paullo 

 superans. Pedes mediocriter validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus vix 

 longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticse apud costam recta?, apice 

 acuminata? vix falcatae, margine exteriore subundulato mediocriter 

 obliquo. Mas. — Antennae subsetosae. 



Cirroedia, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 242, 489 ; Noct. i. 401 ; 



Dup. 

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

 Atethmia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 238. 



Body hardly stout. Head conical. Proboscis rather short 

 Palpi porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint very 

 minute, much less than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae more than half the length of the body. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately stout ; 



