1576 : CATALOGUE OF 
Genus 13. PIELUS. 
Corpus crassum. Palpi porrecti, clavati, caput snperantes ; 
articulus 3us brevissimus. Antenne thoracis longitudine. Abdo- 
men alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi, pilosi. Al lon- 
giuscule, sat anguste ; antice apud costam subrecte, apice subacu- 
minate, margine exteriore perobliquo. Mas.—Antenne sat late 
pectinate. &em.—Antenne breviter pectinate. 
Pielus, Stephens, MSS. 
Cossus, p., Donov. ; Boisd. 
Epiolus, p., Herr.-Scheff. 
Body thick. Palpi porrect, clavate, extending rather beyond 
the head ; third joint very short. Antenne as long as the thorax. 
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, 
pilose. Wings rather long and narrow. Fore wings almost straight 
along the costa, slightly acuminated at the tips, extremely oblique 
along the exterior border; veins like those of Hepialus in structure. 
Male.—Antenne rather deeply pectinated. Female.—Antenne very 
slightly pectinated. 
1. PrELUS HYALINATUS. 
Mas. Luteus; abdomen subpurpurascens ; ale antice vitia 
basalt, striga obliqua discali furcata fasciaque obliqua postice 
abbreviata albis ; postice pallide purpuree marginibus latis 
lutets. | 
Epiolus hyalinatus, Herr.-Scheff. Lép. Exot. Sp. Sér.1, pl. 11, f. 50. 
Male. Luteous. Abdomen, except towards the tip, tinged 
with pale purple. Fore wings near the base with a white longitu- 
dinal stripe, beyond which there is a white oblique discal streak, 
which is forked in front, and is succeeded by a more oblique white 
band, which extends to the tip of the wing, and is shortened hind- 
ward. Hind wings pale purplish, with broad luteous borders. 
New Zealand. 
Var. Mas. Fuscus; antenne fulve ; abdomen pallide roseum, 
apice subfuscum ; pedes ex parte roset; ale antice argenteo 
varie, postice basi costaque subroseis. 
Var.? Male. Brown. Antenne tawny. Abdomen pale 
rose-colour, tinged with brown towards the tip. Legs partly rose- 
colour. Fore wings with silvery marks as in var.a. Hind wings 
