232 MANDIBULATA. TUICHOI'TEUA. 



Sp. 6. nigricornis. Ochracea, oculis anteunisque piceo-nigris, capite thoraceque 

 supra brunneis, alk anticis pa/lide ochraceis, alhido indistincte inoratis. 

 (Long. corp. 4 liii.; Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 



N. G- (569.) picicornis. Steph. Catal. 321. No. 3668. — Phr. nigricornis. 

 Pictet,p. 136. pi. vi. /: 4.. 



Ochreous: antennse and eyes pitchy-black; head and thorax brown above; 

 palpi ochreous ; anterior wings broad, pale ochreous, with minute uidistinct 

 whitish dots, especially towards the inner margin, which is darker than the 

 anterior; towards the base are some larger and more distinct spots, with a 

 larger one in the middle, and another on the inner edge, where the nervures 

 decussate; legs pale, with dull black spines. 



Not a common species : found, in the vicinity of London, in June. 



Sp. 7. dubia. Rufesceiite-ochracea, antennis brunneo annulatis, oculis Jusch, 

 alls anticis pubescentihus, fusco-ochraceis punctis remotis pallidioribus. (Long, 

 corp. Sg lin. ; Exp. Alar. 12 lin.) 



N.G. (569.) dubius. Steph. Catal. 321. No. 3664. 



Reddish-ochreous : antennae annulated with brown; eyes fuscous ; anterior 

 wings very pubescent, slightly granulated, ochreous-brown, with the 

 nervures darker, the areolets minutely sprinkled with remote paler dots ; 

 the hinder angle is somewhat dilated ; posterior wings hyaline, pale, with a 

 faint ochreous tinge, the nervures and apex distinctly ochreous ; legs pale 

 ochreous, with black spines. 



This remarkable insect makes a near approach to the following genus, but 

 differs in having the wings less distinctly rounded at the apex, and somewhat 

 longer and narrower. 



Also an uncommon species : found, in June, in the vicinity of the 

 metropolis. 



Genus XXXIV.— CH^TOPTERYX* mihi. 



Antennae longer than the body and the wings, very slender, simple : palpi 

 slightly pubescent, also very slender ; maxillary 5-jointed, the two basal 

 joints short, the other three long and slender, the apical one slender and 

 acute; labial 3-articulate, the terminal joint obtuse ovate: head small : 

 eyes large, prominent : thorax ovate : wings much deflexed during repose ; 

 anterior short, broad, much rounded at the apex, and very pubescent, the 

 costa rounded in the middle and deeply ciliated, the disc granulated, and 

 producing long rigid setse; posterior wings less pilose, short, very broad 

 and ample, faintly notched on the hinder margin : abdomen short, robust. 



xaiTT) seta ; wrfpv'i, pcniia. 



