622 CATALOGUE OP 



irregular brown bands, and with a blackish brown discal dot ; first 

 band basal, abbreviated hindward ; fourth band marginal. Hind 

 wings cinereous, with a brown marginal band, which is abbreviated 

 hindward. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



South Africa. In Mr. D'Urban's collection. 



Genus SIMYEA, C. L. H. ix. 64. 



SlMYEA BUTTNERI. 



Arailenoche Buitneri, Heriny, Ent. Zeit. Stett. 1858, 443. 

 Germany. 



Fam. LEUCANID^E, C. L. H. ix. 67. 



Genus DIATARAXIA, C. L. H. ix. 71. 



DlATAKAXlA IMBECILIA. 



imbecilia, Cat, Lep. Het. ix. 71. 



a. Alps, Switzerland. From M. H.-Schaeffer's collection. 



Genus CIRPHIS. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi robusti, 

 pilosi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. An- 

 tenna? validae, subserratae, setulosae. Abdomen pilosum, alas 

 posticas paullo superans, lateribus dense fimbriatis, fascicnlo apicali 

 subquadrato. Pedes robusti, dense pilosi ; calcaria longa. Alae 

 anticae breves, lata?, apice subquadratae, margine exteriore subcon- 

 vexo vix obliquo. 



Malt. Body very stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 stout, clothed with short hairs, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint conical, hardly one-eighth of the length 

 of the second. Antennae stout, very minutely serrated and setulose. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings, clothed with 

 rather long hairs, thickly fringed along each side ; apical tuft sub- 

 quadrate. Legs stout ; femora and tibiae densely pilose; spurs long. 

 Fore wings short, broad, subquadrate at the tips; exterior border 

 slightly convex, hardly oblique; second inferior vein as near to the 

 third as to the first ; fourth moderately remote. 



The densely pilose pectus and fore legs of this genus dis- 

 tinguish it from Mythimna. 



