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XLI1I. An Abstract of the Characters o/Dchsenheimer's Genera 

 of the Lepidoptera qf Europe ; with a List of the Species of 

 each Gemis, and Reference to one or more qf' their respective 

 Icones. By J. G. Children, F.R.S. L. % E. F.L.S. Sfc, 



[Continued from vol. vi. p. 464.] 



E redeem our pledge, and proceed to lay before our 

 readers an abstract of the 7th volume* of Treitschke's 

 continuation of Ochsenheimer's Schmetterlinge von Europa, 

 published towards the end of 1829. This volume contains 

 ten genera, from Uerminia to Ennychia inclusive, almost the 

 whole of which were comprehended by Linnaeus in the divi- 

 sion Pyralis of his great genus Phalcend; "and indeed," says 

 our author, " so closely allied are the species of that division, 

 that only in very few instances can any doubt exist of the 

 propriety of the place assigned to them." Linnaeus only enu- 

 merates 18 species of Pyralis (Syst. Nat. edit. 12ma, Holmise 

 1767). Gmelin swells the list to 83. 



Treitschke gives the following characters of the Pyralides. 

 Palpi distinct — body slender — posterior feet long — wings 

 slender, the anterior when at rest deflexed and forming a 

 triangle. 

 Larvce small, with 14 or 16 feet — body thickest in the mid- 

 dle, generally somewhat verrucose and hairy. 

 Pupa long and slender. 

 Metamorphosis in a slight web, above ground. 



Genus 107. HERMINIA, Ochs., Treitsch.—Latr. 



Crambus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 

 Polypogon, Schrank, Stephensf. 



Palpi long, straight. — Antennce pectinated in the male. — An- 

 terior wings broad, with the posterior margin ciliated, and 

 slightly repand. — Body rather stout. — -Larva with 14 or 16 

 feet, slightly pilose; hairs short, sub- verrucose; warts 

 minute %. 



* The sixth vol. consists of only two parts. — TV. 



f Treitschke rejects Schrank's name Polypogon for this genus, in con- 

 sequence of its having been previously adopted in botany : Stephens, how- 

 ever, has restored it. 



% The number of feet of the larva3 of the Pyralides has not been suffi- 

 ciently attended to : this genus might probably be divided into two sections 

 — one consisting of those species whose larva; have 14 feet — the other of 

 those whose larvae have 16. 



2 L 2 1 . Herm. 



