250 Nocxrin.r. 



Genus XYLINA. 



Xi/lrita, Ochn. Schincll. Kur. ir. p. 8.'> (ISIO), non descr vttiiMa. 



Xif/im, Treif. Schinclt. Kiir. v. (3) p. li (18A5; vettmta. 



Ax>/lui. Ilubn. ViTi. p. 2»'J (18-_'7) rxtMa. 



O'/ncnm/xt. Sloph. 111. Urit. Ent., Hiiusi. ii. p. 172 (1820) ejtAfla. 



Probowis fully (IcvcIojkhI, palpi porrcct, thickly scaled, short and not 

 i"C!«hiag beyond the large frontal tuft ; eyes rounded ; nnt<'nnir of male 

 riliiilfd , togula- |)rudue«i to ii dorKiil ridge ; thorax quadnifcly ccalcd. clothed 

 with hair and hair-like KCah-s. with Home large wiili-.-* mar up|K'r edge of 

 )>atiigia. I'rotltorax without (li.-.tinct cnsl, nielalhorax withcreft; iK'CtUr* and 

 femora clolhe<l with long hiiir, fore tarsi with the spines strong; abdomen 

 rnther flattened doreally, clothed with rongh hair t)n dorsum and with lateral 

 tufts of hair. Fore wing rather long and narrow, the inner margin lobcd near 

 baM', the tcrmen creiniiate; >eins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; G from 

 upper angle; '.t from 10 anastoniising with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 

 cell. Hind wing with veins 3. 4 from angle of cell ; a obiiolesc-ent from l)elow 

 middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 shortly stalked: 8 anastomosing with the cell 

 near base. 



A. Fore wing with the subterminal line dentate at veins 

 4, 3. 

 a. Fore wing with the orbicular obsolescent, with obliquely 

 placed rufous points in it. 

 a'. Fore wing with the black strenk above rein 4 ex- 

 tending to n-niform iiupera. 



A'. Fore wing with the black streak above vein 4 not 



extending to renilbrm irdista. 



Ii. Fore wing with the orbicular well defined. 



a'. Fore wing with the orbicular small and closely 

 api)roxiniated to reniform. 

 a"-*. Lore wing with ochrcous lunule on outer edge of 

 reniform. 

 a-'. Fore wing with the fichreous suffusion beyond 



the cell extending to apex ciirvimaculo. 



l>^. Fore wing with the ochrcous suirusion beyond 

 the cell not extending to apex. 



fi*. Head and tegula- bright rufous hriUians. 



b*. Head and tegulaj ochreous tinged with rufous, liiicritia. 

 b^. Fore wing with grey Inuulo on outer edge of 



reniform brwei. 



bK Fore wing with the orbicular larger and further 

 from reniform. 



a'-. Hind wing with the base pale rxulrta. 



b-. Hind wing with the base dark fiimofa. 



li. Fore wing with the subtermiiuil line not dentate at 



veins 1, 3 foi-,nom. 



2444. Xylina nupera. (Plate ClU. Hg. 10.) 



Calocii/npa iinptni. Lint. Hull. nnfl'. Soc. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 18S (1874); 

 Smith. Cat. Xoct. N. Am. \\ -•'i-"»- 



Head and basal half of tef^uhe ochreous tinged with rufous ; jmlpi, 

 lower part of frons, and lateral bars across frons purple brown ; 

 Icgula- with black medial line with whitish line before it ; tip.s of 

 fcfTulo! and thora.x purplc-brnwn ; pataf^ia whitish at base on outer 

 edge ; pectus and legs ochreous and purple-brown ; abdomen 

 ochrcous tinged with rufous, the ventrtJ surface dark. Fore wing 



