812 CATALOGUE OF 



A, Palpi porrecti. 



a. Pedes validi. - 2. Leptosia, Guen. 



b. Pedes graciles 7. Phyllophila, Guen. 



B. Palpi ascendentes. 1. Hydrelia, Guen. 

 C. Palporum articulus 3us 2i dimidio non brevior. 



A. Frons fasciculata. 10. Mega lodes, Guen. 



B. Frons non fasciculata. - - - H.Chobata, Walk. 



Genus 1. HYDRELIA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi ascendentes ; articu- 

 lus 3us cylindricus, 2i triente non brevior. Antennae simplices, cor- 

 poris dimidio non breviores. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Ala? latiusculae ; 

 anticae apud costam rectae, apice acutae, margine exteriore vix 

 obliquo. 



Hydrelia, Guen. Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. x. 227; Noct. ii. 234. 

 Erastria, p., Treits. ; Steph. 

 Autbophila, p., et Agrophila, p., Boisd. 



Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi ascending; third joint 

 cylindrical, about one-third of the length of the second. Antennae 

 simple, full half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with long spurs. 

 Wings rather broad. Fore wings straight in front, acute at the 

 tips, hardly oblique along the exterior border. 



Europe. 



1. Hydrelia Numerica. 



Cinereo-olivacea ; alee anticce fasciis quatuor undulatis lunulisque 

 marginalibus argenteis, orbiculari et reniformi nigris albo 

 marginatis, ciliis albo s trig atis et interim eatis ; posticce pal- 

 lidissime cinerece, lunulis marginalibus obscurioribus. 



Agrophila Numerica, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 175, 1403. 

 Hydrelia Numerica, Guen. Noct. ii. 235, 1015. 



Corsica. South Spain. 



