692 CATALOGUE OF 



latae sat augustae, apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine ex- 

 teriore subobliquo aut sat obliquo. 



Trypana, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 58. 



Anthoecia, Boisd. hid. Meth. 162. Dup. Guen. Noct ii. 183. 



Heliothis, p., Ochs. ; Treit. 



Melicleptria, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 262. 



Size generally small. Body rather slender. Proboscis mode- 

 rately long. Palpi short, pilose, rather slender, not extending 

 beyond the head ; third joint very small, not one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae simple, a little more than half the length 

 of the body. Legs slender; hind tibiae with long spurs. Fore 

 wings moderately broad or rather narrow, straight in front, rounded 

 at the tips, slightly or rather oblique along the exterior border. 





Europe. 



1. Anthcscia Cora. 



Cupreo-fusca, subtus pallida ; alee anticce fasciis duabus diffusis 

 nigro-fuscis, lineis duabus valde undulatis albidis, macula 

 costali subapicali nigra ; posticce lutece, basi margineque lata 

 fuscis, ciliis pallidis. 



Anthoecia Cora, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1837; Faun. 

 Volg-Ural. 324. Dup. SuppL iv. 227, pi. 70. Guen. Noct. ii. 

 185, 941. Herr.-Schceff. Schmett. Eur. ii. pi. 49, f. 246, 247. 



South Russia. 



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



2. Anthcecia pulchra. 



Cinerea ; abdomen nigricans, segmentorum marginibus albidis ; 

 alee anticce purpurea, fascia margineque exteriore purpuras- 

 cente-cinereis, ilia albido marginata ; posticce nigro-cuprea, 

 maculis duabus discalibus ciliisque albis. 



Anthcecia pulchra, Eversm. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1842 ; 

 Faun. Volg-Ural. 326. Dup. Suppl. iii. 524, pi. 90. Guen. 

 Noct. ii. 186, 945. Her r.-S chaff. Schmett. Eur. ii. pi, 43, f. 

 217,218. 



Ural Region. 



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



