512 CATALOGUE OF 



Hecatera olivocincta, Guen. Noct. ii. 30, 708. 

 Brazil. 



Genus 4. PHOROCERA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis longa, valida. Palpi breves, 

 villosi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us ovalis, mediocris, squamosus. 

 Antennae cylindrical, filiformes, nudae. Thorax rotundatus, crassus, 

 villoso squamosus. Abdomen brevissimum, conico obtusum, lateri- 

 bus pilosis. Pedes breves ; tibiae calcaribus longis ; tarsi graciles. 

 Alae crassae, ciliis densis squamosis ; anticae margine exteriore in- 

 tegro. 



Metopoceras, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2me Ser. viii. Bull, xviii. 



Phorocera, Guen. Noct. ii. 31. 



Polia, p., Dup. ; JBoisd. ; Herr.-Schceff. 



Body stout. Proboscis long, stout. Palpi short, villose, as- 

 cending ; third joint ovate, squamose, of moderate length. An- 

 tennae cylindrical, filiform, bare, more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen very short, conic-obtuse ; sides pilose. Legs short, 

 moderately stout; hind tibiae with four long slender spurs; tarsi 

 slender. Wings stout, moderately broad, with thick squamose 

 ciliae. Fore wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at the 

 tips, slightly convex, and moderately oblique along the exterior 

 border, which is not denticulated. 



1. Phorocera Canteneri. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; abdomen fusco-cinereum ; alee anticce lineis 

 transversis angulatis nigris, maculis ferrugineis, orbiculari 

 rotunda; posticce cinerece, margine latofusco. 



Polia Canteneri, Dup. Rev. Ent. i. 37, pi. 3 ; Suppl. iii. 267, pi. 25, 



f. 2. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 126, 1005. 

 Noctua Canteneri, Geyer, Eur. Schmett. f. 824. 

 Phorocera Canteneri, Guen. Noct. ii. 32, 712. 



Hyeres. Spain. 



2. Phorocera felicina. 



Alee anticce ferruginco-rubidce, maculis ordinariis lineisque pallide 

 cinereis ; posticce rufulcc ; antenncc filiformes, subcrassce ; 

 palpi brevissimi, villosi ; thorax villosus ; abdomen Iceve. 





