LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Genus 4. XANTHODES. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi longi, 

 cylindrici, ascendent.es; articulus 3us 2i dimidio longior. Antenna? 

 simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 aut vix superans. Pedes sat valid i ; tibiae ciliata?, posticae calcari- 

 bus longis. Ala? lata?, sa?pissime flavae ; antica? apud costam recta?, 

 apice subrotundata?, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Xantbodes, Guen. Noct. ii. 209. 

 Acontia, Hubn. ; Treit.; BoiscL ; Dup. 



Body robust. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi cylindrical, 

 long, obliquely ascending above the head ; third joint more than 

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

 length of the body. Abdomen not or hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs rather stout; tibia? ciliated; hind tibia? with 

 long spurs. Wings broad, generally yellow. Fore wings straight 

 in front, slightly rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the ex- 

 terior border. 



Europe. 



1. Xanthodes Malv^e. 



Testacea ; ala antica flava, fusco nebulosa, linen tribus transver- 

 sis angulatis obscurioribus, yuttis marginalibus nigris ; pos- 

 tica albida, margine lato cervino. 



Noctua Malva?, Esp. Schmetl. iv. pi. 195, f. 4. Hiibn. Eur. 



Schnett. Noct. pi. 77, f. 358. 

 Acontia Malva?, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 2o7, 2534. Treit. Schmett. 



v. 238, I. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 165, 1316. Dup. Suppl. iii. 



533, pi. 45, f. 2. Herr.-Schaj}. Schmett. Eur. ii. pi. 44, 



f. 221. 

 Anthophila Malva?, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 240, 4, pi. 114, f. 9. 

 Xanthodes Malvae, Guen. Noct. ii. 210, 975. 



Sicily. 



2. Xanthodes Graellsii. 



Lcete fiaxa ; caput album, subtus fuscum ; proboscis testacea- 

 palpi albi, supra apiceque fusci ; antenna fuscce, basi alba ; 

 abdomen album ; alee antica vitla discali exteriore guttisquc 

 tribus subcostalibus ferrugineo-fuscis, margine exteriore ciliis- 

 que nigro-cinereis ; postica alba, cervino marginata. 



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