368 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 7. AL.EUCIS. 



Antenna? simple, ratlier short ; palpi short ; head and 

 thorax smooth ; abdomen short, faintly crested on two seg- 

 ments ; fore wings broadly trigonate, silky ; hind wings 

 broad, rounded behind, all the margins even. 



We have but one species. 



1. A. pictaria, Curt. — Expanse 1 to 1\ inch. Fore wings 

 broadly trigonate, slate-grey dusted with black ; first and 

 second lines black, the latter very irregular ; between them 

 is a black discal spot. Hind wings greyish-white with a 

 slender central line and grey cilia. 



Antennas of the male rather short, simple, finely ciliated, 

 grey -brown ; palpi minute, dark grey ; tongue well developed, 

 unprotected; head aud thorax rather roughened with large 

 scales, slate-grey dusted with darker ; scales on the shoulder- 

 lappets rough but not very long : abdomen glossy blackish- 

 grey, with two very small grey dorsal tufts near the base ; 

 lateral tufts minute ; anal tuft small, silvery-grey. Fore wings 

 broadly trigonate ; costa hardly arched except at the base 

 and apex, which last is a little produced and angulated ; 

 hind margin oblique, almost straight, the anal angle well 

 developed ; dorsal margin nearly straight ; colour slate-grey, 

 or dark brownish-grey, dusted with black ; first line curved, 

 ill-defined, cloudy-black ; second line a little more definite, 

 of the same colour, angulated above the dorsal margin, and 

 scalloped throughout, edged outwardly by a paler shade ; 

 discal spot ovate, dull black ; along the extreme hind margin 

 is a row of deep black dots ; cilia shining grey. Hind wings 

 rather elongated, rounded behind, and the anal angle hardly 

 squared; glossy, smoky-white, tinged towards the hind margin 

 with grey ; along the extreme hind margin is a row of black 

 dots ; cilia grey. Female quite similar. 



Underside of the fore wings shining, very pale grey, dusted 

 on the costa and dotted along the hind margin with black ; 



