482 CATALOGUE OF 



Noctua gracilis, Haiv. Lep. Brit. 268. 



Plastemis retusa, Boisd. hid. Meth. 93, 706. 



Tethea gracilis, Sleph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 57. 



Tethea retusa, Guen. Noct. ii. 3, 669. 



Noctua (Cerastis) retusa, Meig. Si/st. Besch. iii. 155, 133, pi. 106, 



f. 8. 

 Ipimorpha retusa, H'ubn Verz. Schmett. 238, 2364. 



a—f. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 g—j. England. 



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Genus 2. ENAKGIA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi pilosi, 

 ascendentes, sat graciles ; articulus 2us 3o triplo aut quadruplo 

 longior; 3us lanceolatus aut cylindricus. Antenna? corporis dimidio 

 multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas plus minusve superans 

 Pedes sat graciles; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Ala? medio 

 criter lata? ; anticae apud costam subrectae, apice subacuminata?, 

 margine exteriore perparum obliquo et convexo. Mas. — Antennae 

 subserratae. 



Enargia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 235. 

 Euperia, Guen. Ind. 242 ; Noct. ii. 4. 

 Cosmia, p., Ochs. ; Treits. ; Boisd. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 pilose, ascending, rather slender ; third joint lanceolate or cylindri- 

 cal, one-third or one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending 

 more or less beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 almost straight in front, very slightly oblique and convex along the 

 exterior border ; apical angle slightly rounded. Male. — Antennae 

 minutely serrated. 



1. Enargia contusa. 



Ferrugineo-cervina ; abdomen cinereum ; al& antica fasciis indis- 

 tinctis obscitrioribus pallido marginatis, orbiculari et reni- 

 formi pallido marginalia, hoc apud medium arctata, ilia 

 parva ; postica cinereo-fusca?, ciliis pallidis. 



Cosmia contusa, H err.- S chaff. Schmett. JEur.Yi.223, 130, f. 517, 



518. 

 Euperia contusa, Guen. Noct. ii. 5, 671. 

 Germany. 



