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Miselia, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 122 ; Noct. ii. 53. 

 Meganepbria, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 

 Miselia, j)., Treits. ; Steph. ; Boisd. ; Herr.-S chaff'. 

 Xylophasia, p., Herr.-Schceff. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 porrect, extending very little beyond the bead ; third joint cylindri- 

 cal, full one-third of the length of the second. Antennae about 

 three-fourths of the length of the body. Abdomen crested, ex- 

 tending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; 

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

 wings straight in front, slightly acute at the tips, moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border. Male— Antennas serrated or minutely 

 ciliated. 



1. Miselia Oxyacanth^e. 



Cinerascens ; thorax fusco varius, tinea transversa undulata nigra ; 

 aim anticce vittis viridibus squamosis, liners transversis undu- 

 latis, striga basalt ,reniformis mar gine guttisque submarginali- 

 bus nigris, fascia marginali canescente strigaque postica alba. 



-, Albin, Ins. pi. 14, 10. Roes. Ins. i. pi. 33. Wilk. 



Pap. 12, pi. 1, c, 1. Engr. Pap. d'Eur. 328, a— f. 

 Phalaena-Noctua Oxyacanthae, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1207. Gmel. ed. 



Syst. Nat. i. 2569, 165. 

 Noctua Oxyacanthae, Wien. Verz. 70, 3. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 232, 



114; Mant. Ins. ii. 168, 222; Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 98, 277. 



Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 160, f. 1—7. Borh. Schmett. iv. 155, 63. 



H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 71, f. 31. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Ldp. Fr. vi. pi. 96, f. 1. Sepp. Ins. iii. pi. 13. Haiv. Lep. 



Brit. 115. Donov. Brit. Ins. v. pi. 165. 

 Meganepbria Oxyacanthae, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 206, 2069. 

 Noctua (Miselia) Oxyacanthae, Meig. Handb. 162, 36 ; Syst. Besch 



iii. 126, 79, pi. i02, f. 3. 

 Miselia Oxyacanthae, Treit. Schmett. v. 405, 9. Steph. III. Brit. 



Ent. Haust. iii. 24. H err.- S 'choc ff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 295, 352 



Boisd. Ind. Meth. 124, 983. Guen. Noct. ii. 54, 742. 



a — c. England. Presented by H. Donbleday, Esq. 

 d — u. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection 

 w. England. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 

 x, y. England. 

 z — 66. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



