676 CATALOGUE OF 



1 . EtJTERPIA LAUDETI. 



Alba ; alee anticce fasciis duabus repandis roseo-fuscis nigro et 

 glaucescente variis, exteriore duplicata lunulam glauco-nigram 

 includente, annulo intermedia nigricante ; posticce fusco mar- 

 ginatce. 



Cleophana Laudeti, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 152, 1224, Dup. Hist. Nat. 



Lep. Fr. SuppL iv. 234, pi. 70. Herr.-Schatff. Schmett. Eur. 



ii. pi. 45, f. 228, 229. 

 Euterpia Laudeti, Guen. Noct. ii. 172, 919. 



Alps of the Valais. South Russia. 



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



Genus 5. STEPHANIA. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, caput perpaullo superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, conicus. 

 Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superans. Alae anticae mediocriter lata?, apud costam 

 rectae, apice angulatae, margine exteriore vix obliquo. 



Xanthia, p., Boisd. ; Duponch. 

 Stephania, Guen. Noct. ii. 172. 

 Mycteroplus, Herr.-Schceff. Schmett. Eur. ii. 242. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 porrect, extending very little beyond the head ; third joint minute, 

 conical. Antennae simple, more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 moderately broad, straight in front, angular at the tips, hardly 

 oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Stephania puniceago. 



Pallide slraminea ; abdomen stramineo-albidum ; alee anticce fas- 

 ciis duabus saturatioribus albido marginatis, maculis indis- 

 tinctis ; posticce alba?. 



Xanthia puniceago, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 146, 1185. Dup. Hist. Nat* 



Lep. Fr. Suppl. iv. 234, pi. 70. 

 Mycteroplus puniceago, Herr.-S chaff. Schmett. Eur. ii. 242, 180, 



pi. 9, f. 43. 

 Stephania puniceago, Guen. Noct. ii. 173, 920. 



South Russia. 



