266 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



apex. — Labial palpi porrected like a beak, longer than the 

 head, robust, covered with scales, which extend far beyond 

 the apex. Curtis.) — Antenna setaceous; (nearly capillary, alike 

 in both sexes, inserted between the eyes on the crown of the 

 head.— Head rather small, covered with long scales close to 

 the forehead. Curtis.) — Wings, anterior somewhat rounded ; 

 a common band, or line of spots, frequently passing through 

 the middle of the upper surface of each wing ; — (superior co- 

 vering the inferior when at rest, slightly deflexed, and forming 

 a triangle. Curtis.) — Larva fusiform, hairy, with 16 feet. — 

 Metamorphosis occurs in a papyraceous web. 



Species. Icon. 



1. Pyr. Sa/iguinalis, Hiibn. .Hiibn. Pyral. tab. 6. f. 33. (mas.) 



tab. 28. f. 178. (mas.) 

 2. — Castalis, Treitsch.* 



— Puipuralis, Linn.f Hiibn. Pyral. tab. 6. f. 35. (mas.) 



f. 34. (mas.) 

 •Punicealis,W\ex\.Ver.f. Hiibn. Pyral. tab. 6. f. 36. (foem.) 

 ■Porphyralis, Fabr.*f\... Hiibn. Pyral. tab. 6. f. 37. (fcem.) 



G.—Ostrina/is, Hubn.f Hiibn. Pyral. tab.17. f.l 13. (fcem.) 



— Cespitalis, Hiibn.t Hiibn. Pyral. tab. 6. f. 39. (fcem.) 



tab. 7. f. 40. (mas.) £. 



— RubricalisyHubn Hiibn. Pyral. tab. 16. f.106. (fcem.) 



— NormaliSfHubn Hiibn. Pyral. tab. 7. f. 41. (mas.) 



tab. 17. f. 110. (fcem.) 

 10. — Sti/gialis, Treitsch. § 



1 1. — Stutalis, Hiibn Hiibn. Pyral. tab.24. f. 1 56. (mas.) 



\Z.—Floralis, Hiibn Hiibn.Pyral.tab.22. f.l 42. (foem.) 



Genus 115. HERCYNA, Ochs., Treitsch. 



No LA, Stephens. 



These insects are small, generally dark-coloured, and in appear- 

 ance allied to the Noctucc, to which family they are referred 

 in the Vienna Catalogue, as well as in other works. — The 

 antenna, are crenate, or pectinated ; the palpi short, and the 

 surface of the anterior wings smooth and glossy, or uneven and 

 dull. — Larva fusiform, hairy, with 14 feet. — Metamorphosis 

 occurs in a closed case. 



* Pyr. alis anticis pallide flavis, fascia media, strigaque externa rosea ; 

 posticis flavo-cinerascentibus. — Ochs., Treitsch. vii. p. 165. 



f Pyrausta, Curtis, Stephens. 



if The second figure, quoted from Htibner, is his P. sordidalis, which both 

 Curtis and Stephens consider as a separate species. — Tr. 



§ Pyr. alis fusco-nigricantibus, anticis nitentibus, obsolete fiavo variegatis. 

 — Ochs., Treitsch. vii. p. 176. 



Fam. 



