178 ME. p. WALKER ON HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA 



Gen. Htpoptra, Quen. 



402. Hypopyra vespertilio, Fabr. Ent. iii. 2. 15. 23. (Noctua). 

 Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, and China. 



403. Hypopyra apicalis, n. s. Fcem. Pallide cinereo-cervina, alis 

 nigro subconspersis, lineis tribus indistinctis undulatis cervinis, linea 

 guttulari fusca, linea submarginali cinerea angulosa, alis anticis apice 

 fusceseeutibus. 



Female. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Third joint of the palpi rather shorter 

 than the 2nd. Wings broad, thinly and minutely black-speckled, with 

 three indistinct undulating fawn-coloured lines, and with one line 

 formed of brown dots ; submarginal line cinereous zigzag ; submar- 

 ginal points black ; under side with one straight line of brown dots. 

 Fore wings brownish at the tips. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



Fam. BENDID^, Guen. 



Gren. HuLODES, Guen. 



404. Hulodes saturnioides, Guen. Nod. iii. 209. 1610. 

 Inhabits also Hindostan. 



G-en. CuLicuLA, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi compressi, re- 

 curvi, verticem superantes ; articulus 3"' lanceolatus, subfimbriatus, 2' 

 dimidio non longior. Antennce setulosjc, pubescentes. Thorax cras- 

 sus. Abdomen attenuatum, alas posticas superans ; fasciculus apicalis 

 compressus. Pedes validi, subpilosi. Alee anticse latae, apice rotun- 

 datse, costa recta basi subdilatata, margine exteriore recto perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi much com- 

 pressed, recurved over the back of the head ; 3rd joint lanceolate, 

 slightly fringed, about half the length of the 2nd. Antennae setulose, 

 pubescent. Thorax very robust. Abdomen attenuated, extending 

 somewhaf beyond the hind wings; apical tuft compressed. Legs 

 stout, slightly pilose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa straight, slightly dilated at tlie 

 base ; exterior border straight, very oblique. 



This genus is allied by its structure to some of the Herminidce. 



405. CuLicuLA bimarginata, n. s. Mas. PalUde cervina, alis spatio 

 marginali pallidiore, fascia submarginali recta obscure fusca extus con- 

 cisa intus diffusa, lineis interiore et exteriore undulatis valdo indi- 

 stinctis, lunula subtus discali fusca, alis anticis puncto discali fusco. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, with a cinereous tinge on the iraderside. 

 Wings with a straight dark-brown submarginal band, which is diffuse 

 on the interior side and concise on the outer side, where the marginal 

 space is paler than the wings elsewhere ; interior and exterior lines 

 undulating, very indistinct, a little darker than the ground-hue ; un- 



