LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEUA. 617 



very small. Antennae hardly half the length of the body. Abdo- 

 men long, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings rather 

 long. Fore wings with the costa almost straight ; second inferior 

 vein as far from the first as from the third ; fourth about ten times 

 further from the third than the third is from the second. Legs 

 stout; femora hairy; fore femora and fore tibiae of equal length ; 

 hind tibiae with four rather small spurs. Male. — Antenna? minutely 

 serrated and setose beneath. Abdomen with stout anal forceps. 



1. Pericallia matronula. 



Fusca ; corpus purpureum,flavo-nigroque maculatum ; alee anticce 

 maculis prasertim costalibus sulphureis ; posticce aurantiacce 

 nigro maculatce. 



Noctua matronula, Linn. Syst. Nat. i.2, 835, 92. Turt. Syst. Nat. 



iii. 222. Esp. Schmett. iv. 44, pi. 84. Noct. 5, f. 1 — 5. 

 , Phalama matronula, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2437, 92. 

 , Merian, Ins. Eu r. 58. Hoes. Ins. Bel. iii. 235, 



pi. 39, f. 1,2; iv. 36, pi. 4, f. 4. Ernst, Pap. a" Eur. iv. 133, 



pi. 148, f. 194; pi. 149, f. 194. Suppl. pi. 3, f. 194. Freyer, 



Beitr. pi. 44. 

 Bombyx matronula, Fair. Mant. Ins. ii. 128, 167 ; Ent. Syst. iii. 



1, 468, 191. Oliv. Enc; Meth. v. 89, 22, 1. Wien. Verz. 53, 



lam. E. 5. Illig. A AUsg. dess. i. 82, 5. Borkh. Eur. 



Schmett. iii. 185, 54. Fuesst. Schweiz. Ins. 37, 694. V. 



M'uller, Faun. Siles. iii. 1, H. Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 1,259, 



1434. Lang. Verz. ii.. 90, 69d — 700. Schwarz, Raup. 393, 



577. Petagna. Treits. Huifsb. Schmett. 223, 100. 

 Arctia matronula, Schr. Faun. Boic. ii. 152, 5. Latr. Gen. Crust. 



et Ins. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 70,2. Wood, Ind. 



Ent. pi. 54, f. 38. 

 Bomb)x matrona, Hubn. Bomb. 136, 10 (faem.), pi. 32, f. 138 



(mas), pi. do, f. 239. Larv. Lep. iii. Bomb. ii. Verce, K. d, 



t\ 1 , a— d. 

 Phalaena Idriensis, Scop. Ent. Cam. 113, 121. 

 Pericallia matrona, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 182, 1872. 

 Eyprepia matronula, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iii. 327, 14 ; iv. 60, 15. 



Meig. Syst. Beschr. Eur. Schmett. iii. 39, 1, pi. 86, f. 1. 

 Calliiuorpiia matronula, Herr.-Schceff. Suppl. 150, 41, 1. Speyer, 



Ent. Zeit. Stett. xiii. 285, 7. 

 Chelonia matrona, God. Pap. de France, iv. pi. 34, f. 5. 

 Chelonia matrouula, Eversm. Faun. Lep. Volg. Ural. 163,9. 

 Euprepia mationula, Daring, Ent. Zeit. Stett. ix. 304, 11. 



a — c. Europe. 



