LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 165 



catce, linea interiore tenui angulata, puncto discali nigro, 

 margine exteriore subflexo ; posticce margine exteriore non 

 flexo. • 



Male. Luteous-testaceous, the former hue most prevalent on 

 the under side. Palpi obliquely ascending ; third joint very 

 minute. Antennae broadly pectinated ; branches pubescent. Wings 

 hardly speckled above, distinctly speckled beneath ; exterior line 

 straight, oblique, ochraceous, whitish-bordered on the outer side, 

 obsolete near the costa. Fore wings subfalcate ; interior line 

 slight, acutely angular; discal point black ; exterior border slightly 

 bent. Hind wings with the exterior border not bent. Length of 

 the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Oajaca, Mexico. From M. Salle's collection. 



Australia. 



14. Ellopia? cumularia. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea ; alee anticce acuta, linea lata subobliqua 

 fusca antice furcata testaceo marginata, margine exteriore vix 

 Jlexo ; posticce linea latissima angulata fusca extus testaceo 

 late marginata, margine exteriore sat angulato. 



Ellopia cumularia, Guen. Phal. i. 133, 206. 



Australia. 



Genus 27. LEUCULA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons linguiformis, plana, non fasciculata. 

 Palpi ensit'onnes, gracillimi, caput vix superantes; articuli indis- 

 tincti. Antennas maris et ioeiuinae pectinatas. Pedes longi, graciies ; 

 tibiae non incrassatae. Alae aibae, amplae, tenues, integrae, rotundatae, 

 venis lineisque cinereis ; anticee vena submediana basi dilatata et 

 vesiculosa. 



Leucula, Guen. Phal. i. 134. 



Body slender. Front linguiform, flat, without a tuft. Palpi 

 ensiform, very slender, hardly extending beyond the front; joints 

 indistinct. Antennae pectinated in both sexes ; branches longest in 

 the male. Legs long, slender ; tibiae not iucrassated. Wings 

 ample, delicate, entire, rounded, white ; veins and lines cinereous. 

 Fore wings with the submedian vein dilated and vesiculous at the 

 base, and having in front of it a little cavity. 



