LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 315 



exterior border with two elongated blackish brown lunules. Length 

 of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



Genus 3. XYLOPTERYX. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi lati, compressi, 

 ascendentes, frontem paullo superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae maris pubescentes, foem. glabrae. Thorax oblongus. Ab- 

 domen maris alas posticas superans, foem. brevius. Tibiae posticae 

 incrassatae, calcaribus quatuor longis. Alas latiusculae, subdeutatse ; 

 anticae costa convexa, margine exteriore convex o. 



Xylopteryx, Guen. PhaL i. 215. 



Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi ascending, 

 broad, compressed, extending a little beyond the front; third joint 

 extremely minute. Antennas pubescent in the male, smooth in the 

 female. Thorax oblong. Abdomen of the male extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings, that of the female much shorter. Hind 

 tibiae incrassated in the male, with four long spurs. Wings rather 

 broad, slightly dentate. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; costa 

 very slightly convex ; exterior border convex. 



1. Xylopteryx Protearia. 



Cervina ; alee ochraceo plus minusve varies, fusco confertissime 

 strigatee, lineis duabus undulatis nigricantibus, lunulis aut 

 punctis marginalibus nigris. 



Xylopteryx Protearia, Guen. PhaL i. 215, 320, pi. 4, f. 8. 



a, b. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Genus 4. HEMEROPHILA, 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis distincta. Palpi graciles, compressi, 

 erecti, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. Pedes graci- 

 les ; tibiae posticae incrassatae, quadricalcaratae. Alae oblongae, den- 

 tatae, concolores, linea obliqua obscura ; anticae acutae, margine 

 exteriore convexo sat obliquo ; posticae caput superantes, dentibus 

 acutis. Mas. — Antennae pectinatae, apice nudae. Abdominis latera 

 postice subfasciculata. 



Hemerophila, Steph. Ill, Brit, Haust, iii. 189. Lederer, Guen, PhaL 



i. 216. 

 Synopsia, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm, 317. 



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