503. 

 ASOPIA PICTALIS. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Pyralidue. 



Type of the Genus, Pyralis farinalis Linn. 



AsoPiA Treit., Goda., Curt. — Agrotera -Sc/h-. — Botys Lat. — Crambus 

 Fab., Haio. — Pyralis Linn., Hub. — Phalsena Fab. 

 Antennce inserted close to the eyes, on the crown of the head, 

 rather long, setaceous, and clothed with long pubescence be- 

 neath in the male (1). 



Maxilla spiral, considerably shorter than the antennee, very 

 much attenuated and clothed with scales at the base (3). Palpi 

 very slender, porrected, triarticulate, basal joint pear-shaped, 

 2nd subreniform, 3rd small subovate, producing long scales 

 forming a pencil at the apex (7 « & 3 a). 



Labial palpi curved upward, slightly divaricating, very scaly, 

 the apical joint less so, triarticulate, basal joint short, 2nd twice 

 as long, 3rd minute ovate (4 & 4 «) . 

 Head small and globose : eyes lateral and prominent. Tliorax clothed 

 with depressed scales rather long on the sides. Abdomen rather 

 stout, somewhat conical and alike in both sexes. Wings forming an 

 elongate triangle in repose, the superior not always entirely covering 

 the inferior, the former rather narrow and not pointed, the latter 

 rounded. Coxae, anterior large. Tibia?, anterior very short, with 

 an internal spine, intermediate with a pair of spurs at the apex one 

 very long ; posterior long and rather stout, spurred also at the apex 

 and having a pair likewise near the middle (8 f). 

 Larvae unknown. 



PicTALis Curt. Guide, Gen. 982. 



Dull ochreous, eyes black, abdomen brown, edges of segments 

 pale : superior wings lead colour, darkest at the base, w'ith an 

 ochreous spot on each side the thorax, a broad castaneous white 

 fascia across the middle, the margins slightly waved and edged 

 with white, a dark dot towards the centre and several on the 

 costa, which is pale castaneous to the apex ; cilia dirty ochre, 

 blackish at the apex, and a line of dark spots at the base ; in- 

 ferior wings whitish, with a narrow somewhat reddish ochre 

 fascia across the middle, the edges white and very much sinuated, 

 the base lead colour, as well as a narrow space next to the 

 fascia, the apex fuscous, with 3 blackish spots at the anal angle, 

 one of them upon the cilia, which is dirty ochreous. 



In the Cabinet of Mr. Robertson. 



AsopiA may be distinguished from Aglossa (pi. 455), which it 

 most resembles, by its long spiral maxillas; and the antennae 

 are not pectinated, but merely pubescent in the males ; and 

 this sex when at rest has the tail very much curved. 



