LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1837 



apicalis minimus. Pedes robusti, glabri ; calcaria longa, valida. 

 Alae anticae apice rotundatae, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore 

 convexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body smooth, rather stout. Proboscis slender, rather 

 long. Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, diverging from each other, a 

 little shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, a 

 little shorter than the second. Antennae stout, minutely serrated. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very 

 small. Legs stout, smooth ; spurs long, stout. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips; costa slightly convex; exterior border 

 convex, rather oblique. 



This genus may be distinguished by the structure of the palpi 

 from Cryptolenhidy which it most resembles. 



Cyptasia egregiella. 



Mas. JEnea ; caput album, ockraceo fasciatum, gutta antica mar' 

 gineque postico ceneis ; thorax albus, vitta ochracea albo 

 uniguttata, tegulis ockraceo marginatis ; abdomen ochraceum; 

 alec antica strigis ochraceis, plagis maculisque albis ; posticce 

 ochracece. 



Male. iEneous. Head white ; hind part aeneous ; a broad 

 ochraceous band between the antennae ; an aeneous dot in front. 

 Thorax white; a broad ochraceous stripe which contains a white dot 

 in front; fore tegulae bordered with ochraceous. Pectus white. 

 Abdomen ochraceous, white beneath. Legs white, striped with 

 ochraceous. Fore wings with some longitudinal ochraceous streaks ; 

 two oblique incomplete and irregular white bands; a few inter- 

 mediate white spots along the interior border. Hind wings ochra- 

 ceous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Swan River. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus SIOVATA. U^l , 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi glabri, 

 graciles, arcuati, ascendentes, capitis latitudine plus duplo longiores; 

 articulus 2us carinatus; 3us lanceolatus, 2o longior. Antennae ro- 

 foustae, subcrenulatae, alis anticis paullo longiores. Pedes postici 

 longi, glabri, robusti ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae elongatae, 

 acutae, sat angustae, margine exteriore recto. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, curved, ascending, much longer than twice the breadth of 



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