LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 309 



annulatarum ; anticce macula mediana cinerea,puncto centrali 

 obscuro, nee non macula basalijlava strigisque duabus fuscis. 



Amphidasis panterinaria, Bremer und Grey, Beitr. zur Schmett. 

 Fauna des Nordlichen China's, 21, 107. 



North China. 



Genus 9. LOPHODES. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis subobsoleta. Palpi porrecti, bre- 

 vissimi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. Abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans. Pedes glabri ; tibiae posticae graciles, 

 femoribus non longiores, calcaribus quatuor longis approximatis. 

 Alae elongatae, lignicolores, lineis liturisque variis ; anticae apice 

 rotundatae, costa recta, margine exteriore perobliquo. Mas. — An- 

 tennae plumosae. Alae subdenticulatae. Fcem. — Antenna? simplices. 

 Alae dentatae. 



Lophodes, Guen. Phal. i. 211. 



Body robust. Proboscis rudimentary. Palpi porrect, very short, 

 not extending beyond the head; third joint extremely minute. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth ; hind 

 tibia? slender, not longer than the femora, with four long approxi- 

 mate spurs. Wings elongate, with various wood-coloured tints, 

 and with numerous lines and streaks. Fore wings straight along 

 the costa, rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique. Male. 

 — Antennae plumose ; branches very pubescent. Wings slightly 

 denticulated. Female. — Antennae simple, smooth. Wings strongly 

 and irregularly dentated. 



This genus, and Meticulodes and Ceratonyx, should probably 

 be removed from the Amphidasydce* 



1. Lophodes sinistraria. 



Fusco-ochracea ; alee nigro conspersa, lineis obliquis subundulatis 

 aut angulosis nigris ; anticce macula costali subapicali alba. 

 Mas. — Alee nigro-cinereo suffusce ; anticce puncto costali inte- 

 rior e alba. Fcem. — Alee pallidiores, nonnunquam nigro- 

 cinereo ex parte varice ; anticce striga costa lata basali albida. 



Lophodes sinistraria, Guen. Phal. i. 212, 318, pi. 10, f. 5. 



a, b. Australia. From Mr. Lambert's collection, 

 c. Australia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 d — h. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 

 t. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



