LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 313 



** Pedes graciles. - 30. Dichromodes, Guen. 

 b* Palpi pilis occulti. 



i. Caput pilosissimum. - - 28. Psodos, TreiL 



ii. Caput non pilosissimum. - 29. Torula, Hubn. 



b. Antennae maris ramis spatulatis. Abdomen foemine alas sat 



superans. - - - - - 31. Pygmcena, Boisd. 



B. Tarsi breves. ----- 32. Exilis, Guen. 



B. Palpi filiformes. - - - - 33. Mniophila, Boisd. 



Genus 1. AMBLYCHIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis sat crassa. Palpi lati, compressi, 

 pilosi, oblique ascendentes, frontem superantes ; articulus 3us mi- 

 nimus. Thorax brevis. Tibiae postieae incrassatae femoribus duplo 

 longiores, calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae amplissimae ; anticae ial- 

 catae, costa et margine extoriore convexis ; posticae latissimae, abdo- 

 men longe superantes, margine exteriore flexo antice dentato. Mas. 

 — Antennae plumosae, apice simplices. 



Amblychia, Guen. Phal. i. 214. 



Body stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi broad, compressed, pi- 

 lose, obliquely ascending, extending beyond the front ; third joint 

 extremely minute. Thorax short. Abdomen smooth. Hind tibiae 

 incrassated, twice the length of the femora ; spurs four, long, re- 

 mote. Wings very ample. Fore wings falcate ; costa and exterior 

 border convex. Hind wings very broad, extending far beyond the 

 abdomen ; exterior border quadrate, its fore part with very large 

 teeth. Male. — Antennae with very long pubescent branches ; apical 

 fourth part simple. Female. — Antennae simple, smooth. 



1. Amblychia Angeronaria. 



Fusca (mas) aut ochracea (fcem) : alee lineis tribus saturatioribus^ 

 linea 2a e lunulis albo plus minusve marginatis ; antica? linea 

 interiore lunulata albo plus minusve marginata. Mas. — Alee 

 ochraceo plus minusve varice. Fcem. — Ala antica plaga api- 

 cali alba. 



Var. Mas. Aim cinereo-cervina. 



Amblychia Angeronaria, Guen. Phal. i. 215, 319, pi. 4, f. 9. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by K. Templeton, Esq. 



b — e. Hindostan. From the collection of the Entomological Society, 



/. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



g. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



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