LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 885 



pressus, filiformis. Antennae graciles, filiformes, simplices, corporis 

 dimidio longiores. Abdomen apice acuminatum, alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes sat graciles ; tarsi spinosi. Alae latae ; antice 

 fasciis maculisque obsoletis, apud costam rectae, apice acutae, mar- 

 gine exteriore subobliquo. 



Calyptis, Guen. Noct. ii. 323. 



Female. Body robust, smooth. Front flat. Eyes very large. 

 Proboscis rather long and stout. Palpi ascending vertically ; second 

 joint curved, slightly tumid; third very long, straight, compressed, 

 filiform. Antennae slender, simple, filiform, more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings, acuminated at the tip. Legs rather slender ; tarsi spinose. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings with a nearly rectangular stripe, but 

 without the usual spots and bands, straight in front, acute at the 

 tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Calyptis Iter. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; thorax albido varius ; ala? anticce auratce, costa 

 marginibiisque cinereis, vitta cinereo-a/ba obliqua apud costam 

 angulata, lineola antica submarginali alba; posticce cinerece, 

 ciliis albidis. 



Calyptis Iter, Guen. Noct. ii. 324. 



North America ? 



Genus 3. PLUSIA. 



Corpus robustum Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi ascendenles 

 aut erecti ; articulus 3us variabilis. Abdomen cristatum, alas pos- 

 ticas sat aut vix superans. Pedes longiusculi ; tibiae posticae cal- 

 caribus longis. Alae anticae apice plus minusve angulatae, margine 

 exteriore sat obliquo nonnunquam subdenticulato. 



Plusia, Ochs. ; Treit. ; Dup. ; Steph. ; Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



x. 65 ; Noct. ii. 324. 

 Euchalcia, Autographa, Polychrysia, Panchrysia, Agrapha, Dia- 



chrysia, Chrysaspidia et Syngrapha, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 

 Plusia et Chrysoptera, Latr. ; Boisd. ; Dup. 



Body stout. Proboscis rather long. Palpi ascending, oblique 

 or vertical ; third joint cylindrical or lanceolate, very variable as to 

 length, occasionally as long as the second. Antennae simple, more 



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