NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 333 



(lioque exteriore strigam latam guttani posticam guttasqiie margi- 

 nales albas includente nigris; alls posticis margine lato nigro albo- 

 guttato. 



Male. Ocliraceous. Head, proboscis, anteunai, and thorax deep 

 black. Head white along the eyes beneath, with a white dot on 

 each side of the front, and with an anterior white band; under 

 side ochraceous. Palpi ochraceous, rising higher than the vertex. 

 3d joint deep black, linear, as long as the 2d. Antennae moderately 

 pectinated. Thorax with four white dots, and with six posterior 

 white stripes. Abdomen brown, ochraceous at the base; a white 

 band on the hind border of each segment; apical tuft very small. 

 Legs brown, striped with white. Fore wings with a black costa 

 and a black subcostal line; almost half the exterior surface black, 

 including a broad oijlique white streak in the disk, a white dot 

 near the interior angle, and white marginal dots. Hind wings 

 with a broad black border, and with marginal dots like those of 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 9^- lines; of the fore wings 

 32 lines. See Plate V, Fio;. 5. 



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Gen. SuRiNA. 

 F(.vm. Corpus robustum, Iseve. Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, 

 longissimi, verticem valde superantes; articulus 3"^ subclavatus, 2° 

 longior. Antennae valid se, subtillissime pubescentes. Thorax 

 squamosus. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 robusti, Iseves; calcaria valida. Alge anticse longae, angustse, sub- 

 fusiformes, costa perparum rotundata, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi smootli, 

 slender, very long, rising very high above the vertex; 3rd joint 

 subclavate, longer than the 2nd. Antennse stout, extremely 

 minutely pubescent. Thorax squamous. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth; hind tibitfe 

 with four stout spurs, one in each pair much longer than the 

 other. Wings long. Fore wings narrow, subfusiform, rounded 

 at the tips; costa very slightly rounded; exterior border rounded, 

 extremely oblique. 



The greater length of the 3rd joint of the palpi, and the 

 rounded basal part of the costa of the fore wing, distinguish this 

 genus from Hypsa. 



11. SURINA HYPSOIDES. Fonii. Pallide cinerea, subtus lutea; 



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