LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 537 



Abrostola, p., Treit. 



Juspidea, Boisd. Ind. Me'th. 128 ; Guen. Noct. i. 59. 



Body stout. Frontal tuft conspicuous. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi porrect, pilose ; third joint cylindrical, about one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae simple, very much 

 more than half the length of the body. Thorax with a double crest. 

 Abdomen crested, extending nearly one-third of its length beyond 

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

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, 

 rectangular at the tips, denticulated and hardly oblique along the 

 exterior border. 



1. Jaspidea celsia. 



Pomacea aut viridi-flava ; palpi, crista thoracisque fascia dues 

 biarcuatce fusca ; abdomen subtestaceum ; alee anticce macula 

 basali guttam albam includente, fascia media subramosa, gutta 

 exteriore fasciaque marginali subinterrupta fuscis ; posticce 

 einereo-fusca?, ciliis albis. 



-, Engr. Pap. oVEur. 262, bis, a — d. 



Phalaena-Bombyx celsia, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1141, pi. 2. GmeL ed. 



Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2437, 77. 

 Bombyx celsia, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 117, 96; Ent. Syst. iii. ], 441, 



105. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 64, 139. Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 69, 



f. 2, 3. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iii. 431, 161. 

 Noctua celsia, H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 15, f.72. Dup. Hist. 



Nat. Up. Fr. vii. pi. 103, f. 6. 

 Diacope celsia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 204, 2053. 

 Plusia celsia, Treit. Schmett. v. 147, 5. Eversm. Faun. Volg- 



TJral. 315. 

 Noctua (Miselia) celsia, Meig. Handb. 180, 85 ; Syst. Besch. iii. 



129,85, pi. 103, f. 8,a,b. 

 Jaspidea celsia, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 128, 1035. Guen. Noct. ii. 60, 



748. 



Sweden. Austria. Styria. South Russia. 



a. Europe. From M. Beckers collection, 



b. Europe. From Mr. Milne's collection, 



c. Hungary. 



