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beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout, mutilated in the speci- 

 men described, with four ? spurs of moderate length. Wings narrow, 

 not long. Fore wings straight in front, conical towards the tips, 

 rounded and not angular behind ; first and second inferior veins 

 contiguous at the base, third about thrice further from the fourth 

 than from the second. 



1. Peecote signatura. 



Fusca ; caput et thorax luteo bimaculata ; palpi subtus basi lutei ; 

 abdomen luteum, subtus testaceum ; alee anticce striga obliqua 

 antica limpida; posticce cinereo -hyalincB fusco late marginatce. 



Brown. Head with a luteous spot on each side behind the 

 vertex. Palpi luteous beneath towards the base. Proboscis tawny. 

 Thorax with a luteous spot on each side. Abdomen luteous above, 

 pale testaceous beneath. Coxae luteous. Fore wings with a short 

 oblique limpid streak near the fore border and before the middle of 

 the length. Hind wings grayish hyaline with broad brown borders. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. West Indies. 



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Genus 96. LITHOSIA. 



Palpi breves, squamosi, biarticulati ; articulus lus magnus, 

 attenuatus, supra curvus, 2o triplo longior ; 2us minutus, subrhom- 

 boideus aut elongato-trigonus. Maxillae antennis longiores. An- 

 tennae simplices, maris setosae. Alae anticae oblongae, subelliptico- 

 truncatae ; posticae opacae. Pedes mediocres ; tibiae breves, graciles. 



Noctua, p., Linn. ; Esper. 



Tinea, p., Fabr. 

 \ Bombyx, p., H'ubn. 



1 Lithosia, p., Fabr. ; Haw. ; Leach ; Ochs. ; Curt. ; Steph. ; Meig. ; 

 Boisd. ; Westw. ; Herr-Schceff. 



Setina, p., Schr. 



Callimorpha, p., Latr. 



Most of the European species are thus grouped by 



IHerrich-Schaeffer : — 

 I. Alae innotatae. 



A. Vitelline?. 



Unita, gilveola, aureola, luteola. cereola. 



