January 1S90.] 



PSYCHE. 



297 



white line. Antennae three-jointed ; 

 first joint v^ery larg-e. broadly conical ; 

 second thick, oval, with a very long 

 stout hair at outer side of tip ; the third 

 minute. Ocelli five, black, placed 

 behind the antennae in a curve opening 

 downward. 



Labr/ini broadly emarginate, with 

 rounded lobes. Maxillae and labium 

 pale beneath, with dark sutures strongly 

 contrasting with adjacent parts of the 

 head. J/a/a and /«//^/' brown. Labial 

 palpi minute. Maxillary palpi three- 

 jointed, large; first joint nearly as thick 

 as the palpiger.^ and about as broad as 

 long ; second joint cylindrical, width 

 two thirds the length : third joint taper- 



ing, about two thirds as long as the 

 second. 



Body with six conspicuous rows of 

 long pale hairs, longest on the posterior 

 segments, one hair of each row to each 

 segment, each borne on a minute black 

 piliferous tubercle scarcely as large as 

 the spiracle. One row above spiracles, 

 another equally distant below, and- two 

 subdorsal rows. Other snialler hairs 

 irregularly distributed . 



Cervical s/iie/d yeWow., smooth, with 

 a few scattered hairs and two curved 

 brown blotches, one on each side, separ- 

 ated by a yellow median spot. Anal 

 plate coriaceous, brown, heart-shaped, 

 with six long stout hairs at its posterior 

 margin. Posterior seg:ments without 



