LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 539 



Charidea V. brunneum, Guen. Noct. ii. 62, 750. 

 Pondicherry. 



Genus 17. PHLOGOPHORA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi ro- 

 busti, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antenna? cor- 

 poris dimidio longiores. Thorax (P. meticulosce) antice subcristatus, 

 postice bicristatus. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes lon- 

 giusculi,sat graciles; tibiae posticse calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 longiusculae, sat angustae aut mediocriter latae ; aniicaeapud costam 

 rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore plus minusve denticulato 

 et obliquo. Mas. — Antennae vix serratae. 



' Phlogophora, p., Ochs. ; Treit.; Boisd. ; Steph.; Guen. Ann. Soc. 



Ent. Fr. vii. 220 ; Noct. ii. 62. 

 Phlogophora et Solenoptera, Dup. ; H err. - Se lice ff. 

 Trigonophora, p., H'ubn. Veiz. Schmett. 217. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi very stout, 

 obliquely ascending; third joint extremely minute. Antennae more 

 than half the length of the body. Thorax (in P. meticulosa) with a 

 small crest in front and a larger double crest behind. Abdomen 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long and 

 slender ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather long and 

 narrow or moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, some- 

 what rounded at the tips, more or less denticulated and moderately 

 or very oblique along the exterior border. Male. — Antennae very 

 minutely serrated. 



Europe. 



1. Phlogophora scita. 



Albida ; capitis vertex et thorax pallide virides ; alee anticce ex 

 parte pallide virides, fascia lata antice furcata et interrupta 

 saturate maculaque postica interiors viridibus, gutta subapicali 

 nigra ; posticce fascia subobsoleta viridesccnte. 



Noctua scita, H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 14, f. 68; pi. 101, f. 



475. Dup. Hist Nat. Lep. Fr. vi. 337, pi. 94, f. 1, 2. Frey. 



Beitr. ii. pi. 105. 

 Phlogophora scita, Treit. Schmett. v. 371,2. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 



965. Guen. Noct. ii. 63, 751. 



