J40 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 59. MANIA. 



Antennae simple, almost naked ; eyes naked, with prostrate 

 lashes at the back ; thorax strongly crested at the top and 

 back ; abdomen crested with three distinct tufts ; fore wings 

 extremely broad and ample, with a thick ridge of raised 

 scales toward the base of the dorsal margin ; hind wings 

 ample ; vein 5 almost as distinct as the rest, hind margins 

 of all the wings deeply scalloped. 



We have but one species. 



1. M. maura, L. — Expanse 2|- to 2| inches. Wings all 

 very large and broad ; fore wings black -brown with transverse 

 browner shades; central band velvety-black interrupted by 

 the large paler stigmata ; hind wings black-brown with the 

 base paler and the cilia smoky-yellow. 



Antennge of the male simple, cylindrical, black-brown ; 

 palpi short but rather ascending, smoky-black, the apical 

 joint prominent arnd rather tufted ; eyes naked, conspicuous, 

 the lashes black and very closely laid down ; head small, 

 smoky-black ; thorax of the same colour, dusted with pale 

 brown, and the collar and shoulder lappets faintly edged with 

 whitish-brown; the scales of the middle portion raised into 

 conspicuous top and back crests ; fascicles pale smoke-colour ; 

 abdomen smoky-black with three black crests on the basal 

 segments ; lateral tufts small ; anal tuft rather compressed. 

 Fore wings extremely broad and ample ; costa considerably 

 arched ; apex bluntly angulated ; hind margin hardly oblique, 

 slightly curved, very strongly crenulated or scalloped ; dorsal 

 margin faintly curved, and toward the base tufted with a 

 ridge of long scales ; colour black-brown, smoky-brown or 

 smoky-black in various shades ; basal line complete formed 

 into three thick, deep black, connected curves ; first line black, 

 obscure and incomplete, bordered on both sides with pale 

 smoke-colour, which also occupies the space between this and 

 the basal line; second line more complete, nearly perpen- 



