LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
lAAjL* + 
Genus 2. C HI ALE R A. jr . * * i . . 
Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi sat graeiles, 
acuminati, subtus pilosi, caput longe superantes ; articulus 3us lan- 
ceolatus, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae setace®, thorace paullo 
longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes graeiles ; 
tibiae postic® calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae sat lat® ; antic® 
apud costam rect®, apice rotundat®, margine exteriore subobliquo. 
Mas. — Antenn® subpectinat®. Fcem. — Antenn® serrat®. 
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Chimera, Boisd. Ind. Meth. Lep. Eur. 40. 
Chim®ra, p., Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. 11, 2; Hubn . Verz. Schmett. 
262 - Boisd. ti ^ ft J t . 
Atychia, Hoffm. ; Latr. ; Chenu. 
Sphinx, p., Hubn. ; Esp. ; Engr. 
Pyralis, p., Fahr. 
Noctua, p., Hubn. ; Bork. 
Bombyx, p., Hubn. 
Tribe Atychides ; Genus Atychia, Duponchel. 
Body hardly stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi rather slender, 
acuminated, pilose beneath, extending far beyond the head; third 
joint lanceolate, more than half the length of the second. Antenn® 
setaceous, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen hardly extend- 
ing beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibi® with four 
long spurs. Wings opaque, moderately broad. Fore wings straight 
in front, rounded at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior bor- 
der ; inferior veins approximate at the base. Male. — Antenn® 
minutely pectinated. Female. — Antenn® serrated. 
1. Chimera fulgurita. 
Chim®ra fulgurita, Fisch. 
Kirgis, Russia. 
2. Chimera appendiculata. 
Alee anticce virescentes lineola % flava ; posticce atree , macula media 
ciliisque albis. 
Chim®ra appendiculata, Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 4, 2 ; iv. 35. 
Boisd. Ind. Meth. 38 ; ed.2, 40,2; Spec. Gen. Lep. i. pi. 16, 
f. 8. Engr. Fap. d’Eur. iii. 70, pi. 102, f. 149 ; vi. 50, pi. 273, 
f. 438. 
Pyralis Saldonana, Fahr. Mant. Ins . ii. 232, 71. 
