LEPTDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 5#3 



Dianthaecia gemmea, Herr.-S chaff. Schmett. Eur. ii. 251, 203; ii. 



pi. 15, f. 470. 

 Chariptera gemmea, Guen. Noct. ii. 58, 746. 



Germany. Switzerland. Lapland. 



a. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



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North America. 



3. Lamprosticta festa. 



Mneo-fusca ; caput parvum, albo nigroque varium , thoracis crista 

 rufescente marginatce ; ales anticce area media magna alba 

 lineis undulatis atris subparallelis fasciata, maculis atro mar- 

 ginatis, orbiculari parva rotunda, renifonni fusco inquinata 

 nigro divisa, lunulis marginalibus albis nigro marginatis, 

 ciliis albis nigrisque ; posticce nigricanies, ciliis interrupte 

 albis. 



Chariptera festa, Guen. Noct. ii. 57, 745. 



Carolina. 



Genus 14. AGKIOPIS. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis rnediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, caput sat superantes; articulus 3us cylindricus, 2i dimidio 

 fere longior. Antennae corporis dimidio multo longiores. Abdo- 

 men latum, alas posticas sat superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae longiusculae, rnediocriter latse, 

 apud costam recta?, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore subconvexo 

 sat obliquo. Mas. — Antennae vix serratae. 



Moma, p , Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 203. 

 Miselia, p., Treit. ; Steph. 



Agriopis, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 123. Guen. Noct. ii. 58. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porrect, ex- 

 tending somewhat beyond the head ; third joint cylindrical, full 

 half the leugth of the second. Antennae much more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen broad, extending somewhat beyond 

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

 Wings moderately broad, rather long, straight iu 4 front, rounded at the 

 tips, slightly convex and rather oblique along the exterior border. 

 Male. — Antennae very minutely serrated. 



