LEP1DOPTERA HETEROCERA. 449 



femora. Wings elongate, dentate, clouded, with interrupted lines 

 and with a discal ringlet. 



I. Cerotricha licornaria. 



Mas. Olivaceo-leslacea ; alee fusco striyatce et nebulosee, lined 

 submarginali anyulosa indistincta, annulo discali nigro ; an- 

 ticce linea exterior e punctiformi ; posticce lined exteriore den- 

 ticulata. 



Cerotricha licornaria, Guen. PhaL i. 285, 455, pi. 20, f. 3. 

 St. Domingo. 



Genus 21. ELPHOS. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis longa, valida. Palpi com- 

 pressi, ascendentes, latissimi, articulo 3o brevissimo. Antennas 

 late pectinatae, apice nudae. Pedes longi, graciles; tibiae posticae 

 incrassatae, calcaribus quatuor longis ; tarsi spinosi. Alse amplae, 

 anticae apud costam convexag ; posticae magis dentatae. 



Body rather stout. Proboscis long, robust. Palpi compressed, 

 squamous, ascending, very broad ; third joint extremely short. 

 Antennae of the male broadly pectinated to tive-sixths of the 

 length ; branches pubescent. Legs lung, slender ; hind tibiae in- 

 crassated, with four long spurs; tarsi spinuse. Wings very ample, 

 dentate. Fore wings convex along the costa. Hind wings more 

 dentate than the fore wings. 



1. Elphos hymenaria. 



Cinerea y subtus pdllidior ; alee ochrdceo variee, fusco guttatee et 

 nebulosce, lineis tribus angulosis albidis. Foem. — Alee albo 

 variee. 



Elphos hymenaria, Guen. PhaL i. 285, 446, pi. 16, f. 4. 



a — d. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 

 e — i. Hindostan. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 j, k. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 

 /, m. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



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