LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1735 



short. Legs squamous, rather stout; spurs long, slender. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings acute; exterior border very slightly bent in the 

 middle, its hind part rather oblique ; veins with the usual structure 

 of the Phycidce. 



CUTINA ALBOPUNCTELLA. 



Mas. Subceneo-cana ; alee pallide subceneo-cervina, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus nigris ; anticce venis, striyis costalibus lineaque 

 submarginali diffusa angulosa albis. 



Male. Hoary,, with a slight aeneous tinge. Wings pale fawn- 

 colour, slightly aeneous-tinged ; marginal points black. Fore wings 

 with white veins; costal space diffusedly streaked with white; a 

 diffuse zigzag white submarginal line ; fringe with a white streak 

 opposite each black point ; under side diffusedly whitish along the 

 costa and along the exterior border. Hiud wings with a whitish- 

 tipped fringe ; under side whitish, with fawn-coloured speckles, and 

 with a black dot in the disk. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 

 a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus CRETONIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Palpi robusti, squamosi, arcuati, 

 oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes; articulus 3us lanceo- 

 latus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antennae robustae, pubescentes. ' Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans; sexualia maxima, valvis duabus 

 lateralibus valvaque dorsali tecta. Pedes robusti, squamosi. Alae 

 anticas latissima?, apice rectangulata?, margine exteriore postico con- 

 vexo obliquo, margine interiore basi convexo. 



Male. Body stout. Palpi stout, curved, squamous, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, 

 nearly half the length of the second. Antenna stout, pubescent. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical appendages 

 very large, with three valves, one above and one on each side. Legs 

 stout, squamous. Wings very broad ; veins with the usual structure 

 of the Phycidce. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; exterior border 

 Tounded and moderately oblique towards the interior angle ; interior 

 border slightly rounded at the base. 





