LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 169 



5. AXYLTA PLECTILIS. 



Al(e anticce fuftcce, suhlucenies, vifta lata nigricante, radiis exte- 

 rioribm fulvo-faacis, ci/iis a/bo notalis, annuio orhicidari 

 rniundo minimo ni(jro-(ine<>/ato, rpnifoiini majore margine 

 pallidiore ; posiicce albce^ ciliis yiiyro tinciis. 



Axylia plectilis, Guen. Noct. i. 135, 213. 



Sierra Leone. 



Country unknown. 



6. AxYLTA SICCA. 



PalUde fiuva, parva ; ahc aniicce ccrvino-tesiacetE, apud cosiam 

 ni(jrica7ites, macula discali guliisque dhcalibus et marginali- 

 bus nigris ; postico: albce^sublij/alina. 



Axylia sicca, Gueii. Noct. i. 135, 211. 



Genus 4. XYLOPHASIA. 



Corpus robustum. Caput antice subfasciculatum. Proboscis 

 brevis. Palpi porrecti, caput sat superanles ; articulus 3us cylin- 

 dricus, 2i quadraiite longior. Antenuaj simplices, corporis dimidio 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticus plus minusve superans. Pedes 

 sat validi ; tibiae posticse calcaribus quatuor longis. AIob mediocres ; 

 anlicae strigatae, lignicolores, apud cuslara recioe, apice rotundatce, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo. Mas. — Abdomen apice fascicula- 

 tum. 



Xylophasia, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 174 Herr.-Schaiif. 



Guenee^ Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 356 ; Noct. \. 135. 

 Xylina, Ochs. ; Treits. 



Septis, Lithopbane et Parastichtis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 243. 

 Hadena, Luperina et Asteroscopus, Boisd. 

 Nonagria, p., Frey. 

 Xylophasia et Egira, Dup. 



Body stout. Head slightly tufted in front. Proboscis short. 

 Palpi porrect, extending some distance beyond the head; third 

 joint cylindrical, more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae simple, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending for one-fourth or one-third of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 



