124 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Hertford, and in the vicinity of Ripley. " Epping." — Mr. Double- 

 day. " Shirley-common.''"' — Mr. Ingall. 



Genus CLV. — Stilbia *, mMxi. 



Palpi short, remote, slightly curved upwards, densely clothed with compact 

 scales to the apex, the terminal joint not distinct; basal joint nearly as long 

 as the second, subcylindric, second rather bent in the middle and a trifle 

 attenuated at the apex ; terminal minute ovate, obtuse : maxillw as long as 

 the antennae. Antennce simple in both sexes, pubescent beneath in the males, 

 the basal joint robust : Amt/ rather broad, the forehead densely clothed with 

 scales; eyes rather large, naked: thorax not crested: wings entire, very 

 shining, anterior elongate, sublaneolate, with distinct stigmata; posterior 

 large ovate-triangular : legs moderate ; posterior simple, with the tibice rather 

 stout. 



Although many of the semidiurnal Noctuidse are distinguished by 

 the glossiness of their wings, that quality more eminently cha- 

 racterizes the present genus, which, combined with the form of the 

 wings, gives it much the appearance of one of the Pyralidse, but 

 its short legs and stigmatiforous anterior wings remove it at once 

 from that family, exclusively of its other discrepancies, in the struc- 

 ture of its palpi, &c. : its metamorphoses are unknown. 



Genus CLIV. — Scopelopus, mihi. 



Antennce simple: body slender, acute at the apex; wings triangular, entire, 

 anterior without stigmata ; legs, posterior stout, very hairy, producing fas- 

 cicles of elongate hairs resembling a large brush. 



I regret being unable to give a more detailed account of this singular genus 

 from not possessing specimens ; its remarkable posterior legs well distinguish 

 it from the others of the family. 



+ Sp. 1. inops. " Alis anticis lutosis, fascid svbfuscd posticd obliqud pyramidali." — 



Haworth. 

 Phy. scopulsepes. Haworth. — Sc. inops. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 110. No. 6414. 



Luteous ; anterior wings with a slender conical or pyramidal fascia towards the 

 hinder margin, extending obliquely nearly to the apex, and terminating in an 

 obsolete striga of fuscous dots ; posterior wings and ciUa also luteous, with a 

 stout posterior, striga and marginal fascia fuscous. 



A specimen of this insect (which appears to be a native of Georgia) was in the 

 late Portland collection. 



* '^TiXfin, nilor. 



