LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1543 
Body cylindrical. Head conical in front. Proboscis obsolete. 
Palpi short, not extending so far as the head. Abdomen long or 
very long, generally extending far beyond the hind wings. Legs 
stout, pilose ; hind tibiz with two very small apical spurs. Wings 
narrow. Fore wings hardly convex in front, rounded at the tips, 
slightly oblique along the exterior border; first and second inferior 
veins nearly contiguous at the base ; third about twice further from 
the fourth than from the second. Male.—Antenne moderately 
pectinated, slightly pectinated towards the tips, a little longer than 
the thorax. Female.—Antenne slightly serrated, not longer than 
the thorax. 
Europe. 
1. Poracmatracia ARUNDINIS. 
Abdomen elongatum ; ale antice obtuse, albido cinerascentes, 
fusco irrorate, postice maris albide, femine fusce. 
Bombyx Arundinis, Hubn. Bomb. 151, 1, pl. 47, f. 200, 201. 
Bombyx Castanex, Hubn. Beitr. ii. 1, ‘9, pl. 1 fic. 
Cossus Arundinis, Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. iii. 98, 5. 
Bombyx castanea, Esp. Schmett. iii. 97, pl. 94. Cont Qo tel: 
, Pap. d Eur. pl. 9, f. 257, bis. 
Zeuzera Arundinis, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 196, 2006. Meig. Syst. 
Beschr. Eur. Schmett. ii. 188, 1, pl. 76, f. 4. Steph. Entomolo- 
gist, 160. Herr.-Scheff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Text, ii. 13, 6 
Phragmatecia Arundinis, Newman, Zool. 
a—d. England. From Mr. Foxcroft’s collection. 
e,f. England. From Mr. Stephens’ collection. 
g. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 
h,t. Europe. 
South America, 
Group 1. 
Mas. Corpus longum, sat gracile, fere eylindricum. Palpi 
pilosi, brevissimi. Antenne mediocriter pectinate, apices versus 
subpectinate, thorace non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 
dimidio superans. Pedes graciles, usque ad tarsorum apices 
pilosi; tibiz postice calcaribus duobus parvis apicalibus. Ale an- 
guste, antice apud costam recte, apice rotundate, ere exteriore 
sat obliquo; postice multo breviores. 
Male. Body long, rather slender, nearly evi diteal. Palpi 
pilose, very short. Antenne moderately pectinated to Mearly: half 
