86 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidoplera 



Genus Cistissa, n. g. 



Foem. — Corpus incrassatum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi vix 

 conspicui. Antennse filiforraes, longiusculae. Thorax den- 

 sissimfe pilosus. Abdomen apice densissime lanuginosum. 

 Pedes crassi, tibiis late fimbriatis. Alae amplae ; anticae apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female, — Body very thick. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi rudimen- 

 tary. Antennae filiform, rather long. Thorax very densely 

 clothed. Abdomen at the tip with a large mass of woolly hair. 

 Legs thick ; tibiae thickly and broadly fringed. Wings long, 

 ample. Fore-wings with the costa hardly convex exteriorly ; 

 tips rounded ; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind-wings 

 rounded. 



Allied to Er'iogaster, Germ. 



Cistissa expansa. 



Fcem. — Cinereo-fusca, thorace maculis duabus albido-cinereis, 

 abdomine pilis apicalibus albido-cinereis, alarum lineis ob- 

 scurioribus obliquis angulosis. 



Female, — Cinereous-brown. Thorax with a whitish cinereous 

 spot on each side in front. Abdomen with an apical mass of 

 whitish cinereous hairs. Wings with two or three zigzag oblique 

 darker lines. 



Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



Country unknown. 



Genus Trichiura, Steph. 



Trichiura ? albiplaga. 



Mas. — Fusca, luteo densissime pilosa, alis breviusculis macula 

 discali magna alba sub-hyalina. 



Male. — Brown. Body very thickly clothed with long luteous^ 

 hairs. Wings short, with a large white nearly hyaline spot in the 

 disk of each ; fringe pale cinereous. 



Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Cape. 



Genus Batatara, n.g. 

 Mas.— Corpus crassum, densissime pilosum. Proboscis obso- 

 leta. Palpi brevissimi. Antennae brevissimae, latissime pec- 

 tinatee. Pedes breves, densissime pilosi. Alae latae, dense 



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