820 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 5. MICBA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi breves, ascen- 

 dentes ; articulus 3us conieus, brevissimus. Antennae simplices, 

 graciles, corporis dimidio non breviores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Ala? 

 mediocriter latae, late eiliatas; anticae apud costam recta?, apice 

 subrotundatae, margine exteriore perparum obliquo. 



Micra, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 224 ; Noct. ii. 241. 

 Erastria et Antbopbila, p., Treits. ; Steph. 

 Antbophila, p., Boisd. 



Body slender. Proboscis very short. Palpi short, ascending ; 

 third joint conical, minute, not more than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Antennas simple, slender, full half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings moderately broad, deeply 

 ciliated. Fore wings straight in front, somewhat rounded at the 

 tips, very slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Micra candidana. 



Albida ; alee anticce albo-testacece, punctis duobus discalibus nigris, 

 fascia obliqua indistincta testacea. 



Pyralis candidana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 245, 11. Coqueb. III. 



Icon. pi. 8, f. 8. 

 Tortrix perlana, H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Tort. f. 316. 

 Noctua minuta, H'ubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. pi. 96, f. 451. 

 Troth isa minuta, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 257, 2532. 

 Erastria minuta, Treit. Schmett. v. 266, 9. 

 Antbophila minuta, Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 243, 11, pi. 119, f. 17. 



Boisd. Ind. Meth. 174, 1397. 

 Antbophila parva, Dup. Snppl. iii. 525, pi. 44, f. 6. 

 Micra candidana, Guen. Noct. ii. 242, 1028. 



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



2. Micra Skafiota. 



Alba ; ala antica fascii$ duabus obliquis,fuscis 2a lata marginali 

 mtus excisa, macula costali intermedia fusca ; postica margine 

 subfuscescente. 



