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CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 3. HECATERA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 pilosi, porrecti, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. An- 

 tennae simplices, corporis dimidio multo longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae cal- 

 caribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam 

 rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore subconvexo mediocriter 

 obliquo. 



Polia, p., Ochs.; Treit. ; Boisd. ; Siepk. ; Herr.-Schaff'. 

 Xanthopastis et JEthria, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 

 Hecatera, Guen. Noct. ii. 27. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

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

 minute, not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. An- 

 tennas simple, much more than half the length of the body. Abdo- 

 men extending a little, or as much as one-third of its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs 

 Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, rounder 

 at the tips, slightly convex, and moderately oblique along the exte- 

 rior border. 



A. Alae anticae luteo variae. 



A. Alae anticae obscurae. - dysodea, Wien. Verz. 



B. Alae anticae pallidas. - luteocincta, Ramb. 



B. Alae anticae luteo perparum notatae. - caduca, Herr.-Schceff. 



C. Alae anticae non luteo notatae. 



A. Alae anticae viridi variae. - Corsica, Ramb. 



B. Alae anticae non viridi variae. 



a. Alae anticae fasciatae. 



a. Thorax albidus. - Serena, Wien. Verz. 



b. Thorax cinereus, antice albidus. - monticola, Dup. 



b. Alae anticae vix fasciatae. - Cappa, Hubn. 



1. Hecatera Corsica. 



Alee anticce subcinerece, albofusco et viridi varies, lineis transverm 

 dentatis nigris ; posticus fuscce, striga albida transversa obso- 

 leta. 



Polia Corsica, Ramb. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. i. 279, pi. 9, f. 3. 

 Dianthaecia Corsica, Boisd. Ind. MHh. 125, 1000. 

 Hecatera Corsica, Guen. Noct. ii. 28, 703. 



Corsica. Madrid. 



