563. 



ODONTIA DENTALIS. 



The starry Brindle. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralida?. 



Type of the Genus, Pyralis dentalis Wien. Verz. 

 Odontia Dup., Curt. — Cynseda Hilb. — S copida -ScAr. — Pyralis Hub., 

 Hatv. — Phalsena Fab. — Noctua Fab., Esp. 

 AntenncE inserted on the crown of the head, rather short and 

 slender, composed of numerous short joints clothed with scales 

 above, pubescent beneath (1). 



Maxilla spiral, but very short (3). Palpi visible, projecting ob- 

 liquely and forming a tassel of scales (7 «) ; triarticulate, basal 

 joint oblong, 2nd subglobose, 3rd the longest (3 a). 

 Labial jjalpi porrected horizontally and forming a rather long 

 sharp beali, densely clothed with scales (4) ; triarticulate, basal 

 joint rather short and a little the stoutest, 2nd long and linear, 

 3rd more slender, shorter than the basal joint and conical at the 

 apex (4 a) . 

 Head small and subglobose : eyes rather large and prominent : ocelli 

 distinct (7, the head in profile). Thorax subglobose, not crested. 

 Wings slightly deflexed and forming a triangle in repose? ; superior 

 rounded at the apex, the cilia long : inferior tolerably ample, ovate ,- 

 cilia not long. Abdomen with the apex obtuse in the male, slightly 

 acuminated in the female. Thighs simple : tibiae, anterior with an 

 internal spine, the others spurred at the apex, the posterior being the 

 longest, with a pair of spurs also below the middle: tarsi 5 -jointed: 

 claws minute (Sf hind leg) . 

 Larva smooth, slightly tapering at both extremities, with 6 pectoral, 



8 abdominal and two anal feet. Hiib. 

 Pupa inclosed in a close web, formed amongst leaves, obtuse at one 



end and pointed at the other. Hiib. 

 Obs. The dissections were made from a female, and the Larva and Co- 

 coon were copied from H'dbner. 



Dentalis Schr. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 97 6,1. — fulminans Fa6. — ramalis 

 Fab. — radiata Esp. 



In the Cabinet of Mr. Bentley. 



I INDICATED this pecuHai" insect as a Genus in my Guide, un- 

 conscious at that time of Hubner having done so before me ; 



