LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1841 



Genus ZITUA. 2V' 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi gra- 

 ciles, glabri, breves, subascendentes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 

 parvus. Antennae robustag, serralse. Abdomen alas posticas sat 

 superans ; latera apicem versus dense fasciculata ; fasciculus apicalis 

 spissus. Pedes breves, sat validi ; femora fimbriata ; calcaria longa, 

 gracilia. Alae anticae elongataa, spissae, sat angustae, subacutae ; 

 posticae angulo interiore bene determinato. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, slightly ascending, extending a little beyond the head, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the latter; third joint lanceolate, about 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae stout, serrated. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings, densely tufted on 

 each side near the tip; apical tuft dense. Legs rather short, rather 

 stout; femora fringed; spurs long, slender. Wings dense, elongate, 

 rather narrow. Fore wings slightly acute ; exterior border convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings with the interior angle rather promi- 

 nent; interior border with a long dense fringe. 



ZlTUA BALTEATA. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput et thorax anticus albida ; abdomen nigrum, 

 ochraceo fasciatum, apice albidum ; ala? antica punctis quatuor 

 nigris elongatis ; posiicce nigra. 



Male. Brown. Body white beneath. Head and fore part of 

 the thorax whitish. Abdomen black, with a broad ochraceous middle 

 band; apical tuft whitish. Legs white; tarsi black, their joints 

 with white tips. Fore wings with four elongated black points ; first 

 point antemedial, forming an oblique streak ; under side black. 

 Hind wings black. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 17 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Fam. GLYPHYPTERIGID^l, C. L. H. xxx. 837. 

 Genus ACROLEPIA, C. L. H. xxx. 837. 



ACROLEPIA ARNTCELLA. 



arnicella, Hydn. StetL Ent. Zeit. xxiv. 1863, 109. 

 Germany. 



