LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 613 



i»g a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Fore wings rather narrow, straight in front, 

 slightly rounded at the tips, hardly denticulated, slightly convex 

 and moderately oblique along the exterior border. Male, — Antennae 

 stout, simple. 



1. Xylocampa lithoriza. 



Cinerascens ; caput, thorax et alee anticce nigro conspersa ; alee an- 

 ticce rosea subtinctce, lineis transversis undidosis, guttis costa- 

 libus, lunulis marginalibus annulisque duobus discalibus 

 nigrisi tinea transversa submarginali angulosa albida ; posticce 

 albidce, fusco late marginatce, ciliis albis. 



-, Engr. Pap. oVEur. 290, a, b. 



Noctua lithoriza, Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 339, 140. Dup. Hist. 



Nat. Lep. Fr. vii. 191, pi. L12, f. 4. Frey. Beitr. pi. 70. 

 Noctua areola, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 141, f. 4. 

 Noctua operosa, Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 85, f. 398. 

 Cleophana lithorhiza, TreiL Schmett. v. 66, 26. 

 Xylina lithorhiza, Meig. Si/st. Besch. iii. 184,7, pi. 110, f. 8. 

 Dichonia operosa, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 217, 2169. 

 Hadena lithorhiza, Sttph. III. Brit. Enl. Haust. ii. 187. 

 Xylocampa lithorhiza, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 150, 1207. Guen. Noct. 



ii. 110,827. 

 Xylophasia lithorhiza, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 289, 335. 



a — q. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



r — w. England. 



»t, y. Europe* From M. Becker's collection. 



Genus 3. CLOANTHA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 oblique ascendentes, caput paullo superans; articulus 3us cylindri- 

 cus, 2i quadrante non longior. Antenna? filiformes, corporis 

 dimidio longiores. Abdomen cristatum, alas posticas vix superans. 

 Pedes sat graciles; tibiae poslicae calcaribus longis. Alae anticae 

 mediocriter lata?, apud costam recta?, apice rotunda tee, margine ex- 

 teriore subobliquo fere recto. Mas. — Antennae subserratae, sub- 

 ciliatae. 



Cloantha, Boisd.; Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. viii. 509 ; Noct. ii. 



111. 

 Actinotia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 244. 

 Xylina, p., Treits. 



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