224 



LARGE SWORD-GRASS MOTH 



Cilocampa Exoleta. 

 PLATE XXII. Fig. 2. 



Phal. Noct. Exoleta, Linn. ; Don. vi. PI. 187, larva. Noctua 

 Exoleta, Hubner. Sword- grass Moth, Wilkes, PI. 18, Harris. 

 Xylina Exoleta, Curtis' B. E. vi. PI. 256 Calocampa Ex- 

 oleta, Steph. 



ANTENNAE setaceous, rather stout in the males, eac 

 joint ciliated heneath with hairs ; the proboscis 

 long as the antennae ; palpi entirely covered wit 

 long trigonate scales, the joints robust, the seconc 

 double the length of the first, the terminal on 

 short and ovate, with the apex truncate ; head wit 

 a frontal crest; anterior wings long and narrow 

 scarcely wider at the hinder margin (which 

 dentate) than towards the base; thorax quadrate, 

 slightly crested, and three-lobed behind ; the abdo 

 men depressed, in the male with the apex triangu 

 lar ; such are the principal attributes of the presen 

 genus, and which serve to distinguish it from Xylina, 

 with which it has generally been associated. Only 

 two species are found in this country, and one ol 

 them, C. Vetusta* is very rare. They bear con- 



