CATALOGUE 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



FOURTH SERIES. 



Genus 15. SCELIODES. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis gracilis. Palpi longi, porrecti, 

 rostviformes, pilosi ; articulus 3us ovatus, distinctissimus, subnudus. 

 Palpi maxillares obsoleti. Antennae breves, pubescentes. Thorax 

 latus. Abdomen attenuatum, ah.s posticas longe superans. Alae 

 nebulosae, linea submarginali ; anticae margine exteriore subflexo, 

 orbiculari et reniformi plenis maximis. 



Sceliodes, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 400. 



Male. Body slender. Ocelli widely apart. Proboscis slender. 

 Palpi long, porrect, rostriform, pilose ; third joint ovate, very distinct, 

 almost bare. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae short, pubescent. 

 Thorax broad, squamous. Abdomen attenuated, extending far be- 

 yond the hind wings. Wings clouded, with no lines except the 

 submarginal one. Fore wings with the exterior border slightly bent; 

 arbicular and reniform marks very large and full. 



1. Sceliodes mucidalis. 



Mas. Sordide flavescente-alba ; alee anticce macula magna apicali 

 fusco-ferruginea intus nigro marginata, maculis discalibus 

 maximis basique olivaceo-fuscis, strigis costalibus subapicalibus 

 nigris ; posticce pallidiores y macula discali magna punctoque 

 nigricante contiguis, macula apicali diffusa. 



Sceliodes mucidalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 400, 521. 

 Australia. 



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