Mr. A. G. Butler on a new Genus of Moths. 125 



Corals collected in the Red Sea by E,. M'AndreWj Esq., in 

 1869, and given to the British Museum by Mr. W. S. Kent : — 



Ileterocyatlius cochlea. Fangia patella. 



Stylopliora pistillata. Cycloseiis cvclolites. 



subseriata. MadiN^pora corymbosa. 



Eiisinilia fasti^iata. Tiirbinaria ciuerascens . 



Litkophyllia lacera. Alveopova dredalea. 



Mussa corymbosa. Pontes cong'lomerata. 



Trachypora Geoftroyii. Seriatopora liueata. 



Favia cavernosa. Tubipora musica. 

 Soleuastroea Ilemprieliiana. 



XVII. — Description of a new Genus and Sjpecies of lietero- 

 cei'ous Lepidoptera. By Arthue Gardiner Butler, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Plate VIII.] 



The following remarkable species is in the collection of the 

 Rev. T. Cornthwaite. It presents the most -wonderful modih- 

 cation of the Lepidopterous scale that I have ever seen ; and I 

 am much indebted to its possessor for the pleasure of describing 

 and figuring it. 



Group B 51 15 Y c I T E s . 



Family NotodontidEB. 



Tarsolepis [rapao'ij XeTTi?), gen. nov. 



Gen. alls magiiis, auticis elongatis, costa producta ; autennis plus 

 quam bis triente pcctiuatis; corporc robusto, abdomine elongato, 

 squamis valde elongatis reiniformibus analibus ; valviilis dense 

 pilosis ; subtus cristis ad basin abdominis elongatis, arcuatis, cocci- 

 ueis, aliisque brevioribus, oehraceis. Generis typus 2\ remicaiula. 



Tarsolepis remicauda^ sp. n. PI. VIII. 



Wings above brownish grey ; the costa3 and bases pale 

 ochreous : primaries with central area chestnut-brown, inter- 

 rupted between the nervures by double parallel lines uniting 

 at their extremities and bounded externally by an irregular 

 whitish line ; two large subtriangular silver patches placed 

 obliquely on central area; outer margin sinuatecL and bordered 

 by a tricoloured band of black, ochreous, and chestnut ; a very 

 indistinct, blackish, lunulate line between margin and central 

 area : secondaries paler than primaries, with dusky spot at 

 end of cell ; the margin externally chestnut-brown, internally 

 pale ochraceous ; fringe white : body above, with liead, palpi, 

 and antenna}, reddish brown, whitish in parts ; collar very 

 broad, silver-grey, with a transverse interrupted blackish stripe 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist, Ser.4. VoJ.x, 10 



