LIPAMBM. 79 



ORGYIA VIEIDESCENS. 

 Acyphas viridescens, Walker, Catal. Lop. Het. B. M. iv. p. 798 (1855), (J. 



Male : fore wing of a redder-brown colour than 0. postica, tlie basal black cross 

 mark prominent, the antemedial transverse sinuous line very distinct and with a pale 

 green-grey inner lower streak, postmedial sinuous black line also more prominent, 

 the intermedial area between the two sinuous lines greenish-grey, the discocellular 

 streak whiter and less lunular in shape : hindwing paler than in 0. postica. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Genus ENOME. 

 Enome, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. Biit. Mus. pt. iv. p. 883 (1855). 



Male : forewing short, triangular ; costal vein recurved, extending to two-thirds 

 the wing ; first subcostal emitted at one-eighth before end of the cell, ascending and 

 slightly touching the costal above end of the cell, second from end of the cell, 

 quadrifid, the fifth starting from below third at a short distance beyond its end ; 

 cell broad at its end, extending to half the wing ; discocellular deeply concave ; two 

 upper median branches from angles above end of the cell, second from close to the 

 end, first or lower at nearly one-half before the end ; submedian slightly curving 

 downward from the base : hindwing short, broadly produced bindward, exterior 

 margin convex ; costal vein arched at the base, extending to apex ; subcostal curved 

 upward and touching the costal near the base, first subcostal emitted from immediately 

 before end of the cell ; discocellular bent acutely before the middle ; two upper 

 medians from angles at end of the cell, second at a short distance before the end, 

 and first or lower at one-fifth before the end ; submedian and internal vein straight. 

 Thorax broad, pilose ; abdomen slender ; palpi small, short, pilose, not extending 

 beyond the head ; antennse broadly bipectinated ; legs pilose, hind tibige with two 

 apical spurs. Female: wings rudimentary; body large, woolly; antennae minutely 

 serrated, shaft hairy. 



ENOME AMPLA (Plate 109, Fig. 2, 2a, $ ?, 2b, larva). 

 Enome ampla, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. iv. p. 883 (1855), $ ; Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I C. 

 ii. p. 346, pi. 9a, f. 4, $ ; pi. 15, fig. 7, 7a, larva. 

 Male : dark brown : forewing with some pale ochreous-brown bordered blackish 

 basal spots, a transverse antemedial and a postmedial zigzag band, the latter acutely 

 pointed at the angles ; a blackish medial transverse fascia interrupted by a blacker 

 lunate mark at end of the cell, and a contiguous inner black spot ; cilia spotted with 

 pale ochreous-brown : hindwing brighter brown, with a very indistinct darker brown 

 submarginal lunular hue and a more distinct marginal line ; cilia alternated with pale 

 ochreous-brown. Body and antennas blackish-brown. Female : dark brown ; thorax, 

 head, and rudimentary wings woolly-white, with dark brown spots. 

 Expanse, c? 1^ to If inch. 



