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GENUS SCOPELODES. 



Scopelodcs, Westwood, in Jardine's Nat. Libr. Exot. Moths, 

 p. 222 (1841); Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 1104 (1855). 



This genus is confined to India, China, and the Indo- 

 Malayan Islands. The antennae are pectinated on the basal 

 half in the male, and simple in the female, and the palpi 

 are very long, pilose, and tufted at the extremity. The body 

 is pilo<=^ and very stout, as are also the legs, and the wings 

 are lon^, nd rather broad, and much rounded at the ex- 

 tremity. 



The species of this curious genus are among the largest 

 belonging to the Family. 



SCOPELODES UNICOLOR. 



(Plate XCIL Fig. 2.) 

 Scopelodes unicolor^ Westwood, in Jardine's Nat. Libr. Exot 



Moths, p. 222, pi. 28, fig. 2 (1841). 



Scopelodes unicolor et S.palpalis^ Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit 

 Mus. v. p. 1104, nos. i & 2 (1855). 



This dull-coloured Moth is a native of India, Java, and 

 Borneo. The expanse of the wings is 2^ inches. We give 

 Westwood's original description, which is as follows : " The 

 head is rather small, but the eyes are large ; the palpi are very 

 long, forming a thick clavate brush of hairs ; the maxillae are 

 almost rudimental, forming a very short flat tongue \ the 

 antennae are short and slender; the wings are short and 

 broadly ovate, the anterior rather acute at the apex, from 

 which point to the base the hind margin of the wing 

 forms a regular curve. The post-costal vein is at a con- 

 siderable distance from the mediastinal one, and anteriorly 

 emits three branches, the third of which is furcate, the apical 



