LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 767 



1. HjEMEROSIA RENALIS. 



Cervina ; alee anticce extus pallidiores, linea transversa media 

 obscuriore albo marginata, striga transversa discali alba. 



Pyralis renalis, Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Pyral. f. 1 57. 

 Noctua renalis, Hilbn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 864, 865. 

 Synaphe renalis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 347, 2325. 

 Haemerosia renifera, Boisd. bid. Meth. 164, 1313. 

 Haemerosia renigera, Dup. Suppl. iii. 570, pi. 47, f. 7. 

 Haemerosia renalis, Guen. Noct. ii. 201, 965. 



South France. 



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



Genus 2. LEPIDOMYS. 



Corpus vix crassum. Frons fasciculata. Proboscis brevissima. 

 Palpi longi, porrecti, caput longe superantes ; articulus 3us lanceo- 

 latus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antennas validae, simplices. Abdo- 

 men alas posticas vix superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calca- 

 ribus longis. Alae lata? ; antieae apud costam rectae, apice angulatee, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Lepidomys, Guen. Noct. ii. 201. 



Body hardly stout. Head with a tuft in front. Proboscis very 

 short. Palpi long, porrect, extending far beyond the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Antennae 

 stout, simple. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings straight in front, angular at the tips, slightly oblique along 

 the exterior border. 



1. Lepidomys irrenosa. 



Cervina ; alee anticce plaga basali strigisque duabus costalibus 

 albis, linea exteriore transversa nigricanie ; posticce flaves- 

 centes, margine latissimo cervino. 



Lepidomys irrenosa, Guen. Noct. ii. 202, 966. 



a. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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