LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 695 



10. ANTHCECIA TUBERCULUM. 



Foem. Nigro-fusca, flavo varia ; alee flavo ciliatee ; anticce guttis 

 basalibus, macula antica media fasciisque duabus undulosis 

 postmediis, [a postice furcata, flavis ; posticce macula basali 

 flava. 



Melicleptria tuberculum (Noctua semigeometra, Heliothis celetis), 



Hubn. Samml. Exot. SchmetL iii. 29, 259, f. 517, 518. 

 Anthcecia tuberculum, Guen. Noct. ii. 185, 943. 



Pennsylvania. 



II. Anthcecia bina. 



Abdomen fas datum ; alee, anticce rufescente-fuscce, extus obscure 

 olivaceo-flavce, subtus nigro flavo ferrugineoque varies, lineis 

 medianis subobsoletis apud costam albidis ; posticce nigra, 

 maculis duabus ciliisque flavis. 



Anthcecia bina, Guen. Noct. ii. 186, 944. 



North America. 



Country unknown. 



12. Anthcecia dorsilutea. 



Lutea ; antenna fusca ; abdomen supra nigrum, segmentorum 

 marginibus posticis testaceis ; alee antica cervinee, fasciis 

 duabus pallidioribus testaceo marginatis, macula interiore 

 testacea ; posticce cupreo-fuscee, maculis duabus luteis, ciliis 

 albidis. 



Luteous. Antennse brown. Abdomen black above, with a 

 testaceous band on the hind border of each segment. Fore wings 

 fawn-colour, with two paler bands, which have testaceous borders ; a 

 testaceous spot between the base and the first band, which is broad 

 and undulating ; second band marginal. Hind wings dark cupreous- 

 brown, with two luteous spots at the base, and with whitish cilia?. 

 Length of the body 3^—4 lines ; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



«,b. ? 



Genus 11. JANTHINEA. 



Statura parva. Corpus pilosum, sat validum. Proboscis me- 

 diocriter longa. Palpi pilosi, oblique ascendentes, longiusculi ; 



