LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



7. Nymphula? QUADRIPUNCTALIS. 

 Alee ochracece, strigis obseuriGribus ; anticce punctis nigris quatuor, 

 tribus costalibus, quarto mediano. 



Nymphula quadripunctalis, Bremer und Greg, Beitr. zur. Schm. 

 Fauna des Nordlichen Chinas 23, 120. 



North China* 



Genus 18. AGRAMMIA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis longa. Palpi rostriformes,compressi, 

 acuti, subincumbeutes, articulis indistinctis. Palpi maxillares 

 graciles, lineares, recti. Antennae lata?, pubescentes, breviusculae ; 

 articuli dilatati, crenulati. Pedes robusti, sericei. Alae sericeae, 

 nitentes, concolores, lituris nullis; anticae apice obtusse; posticae 

 rotundatae. Mas. — Abdomen conicum, alas postieas superans ; apex 

 utrinque planus. 

 Agrammia, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 405. 



Body slender. Proboscis long. Palpi rostriform, compressed, 

 acute, squamous -hirsute, slightly incumbent; joints indistinct. 

 Maxillary palpi visible, slender, linear, straight. Antennae thick, 

 pubescent, rather short; joints dilated, crenulated. Legs robust, 

 silky. Wings silky, shining, alike in colour, without any markings. 

 Fore wings obtuse at the tips. Hind wings rounded, not much 

 developed. Male. — Abdomen conical, extending beyond the hind 

 wings, terminating in a point which is flattened on each side. 



1. Agrammia matronalis. 



Mas. Albo-cinerea ; frons palpique fulvescenie-flavi ; alee anticce 

 costa apiceque subpallidioribus, subtus nigricante-cinerece ; 

 posticae paullo pallidiores, magis flavescentes. 



Agrammia matronalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 406, 528. 



Brazil. 



2. Agrammia iridalis. 



Mas et foem. Nigricante-cinerea ; palpi Icete fulvi ; abdomen 

 cinereum, apicem versus albo cinctum, apice Jlavum ; alee 

 anticce violaceo nitentes, costa, margine exteriore fimbriaque 



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