LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 88! 



Body stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi rather long, as- 

 cending, almost vertical ; third joint linear, full half the length of 

 the second. Antennae simple, minutely ciliated, more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen crested, extending a little beyond 

 the hind vvin^s. Legs stout, pilose ; hind tibia? with long spurs. 

 Wings not broad. Fore wings straight in front, angular at the tips, 

 rather oblique along the exterior border. 



Europe. 



1. Abrostola Urtice. 



Cinerea ; palpi nigricantes ; thorax cristis ferruginous ; abdomen 

 crislis nigricantibus ; alee anticce macularum marginibus,fas- 

 ciis duabus duplicatis (una arcuala, altera undulaia), et striga 

 subapicali ?iigris, lineis duabus transversis undulatis albidis, 

 una interior e, altera submarginali ; posticce nigro-cinerea, 

 bad pallidiores, ciliis pallidis. 



-, Engr. Pap. d'Eur. pi. 169, f. 4, 5. 



Noctua Asclepiadis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 169, f. 4, 5. Bork. Eur. 



Schmett. iv. 344. Dup. Hist. Nat. Lep. Ft. vii. 400, pi. 132, 



f. 3. Haw. Lep. Brit. 256. 

 Noctua Urticae, Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Nod. pi. 137, f. 625. Dup. 



Lep. Fr. vii. pi. 132, f. 2. Frey. Beitr. iii. pi. 287. 

 Noctua triplasia, Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. f. 269. 

 Abrostola Urticae, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 248, 2462. Treit. 



Schmett. v. 145, 4. Steph. III. Brit. Eat. Haust. iii. 97. 



Boisd. Ind. Meth. 157, 1258. Meig. Syst. Besch. iii. 248, 1, 



pi, 121, f. 4. Guen. Noct. ii. 821, 1129. 

 Abrostola Asclepiadis, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 97. 



a — i. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 j — n. England. 



o — r. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 s. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 

 t. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



2. Abrostola Asclepiadis. 



Cinerascens ; thorax fascia antica vittisque duabus nigricantibus ; 

 alee anticte fascia media lata niyro-cinerea, nigro marginata, 

 ocellos tres concolores includente, linea marginali e lunulis 

 nigris ; posticce subcinerem^ margine lato nigricante, ciliis 

 pallidis. 



