LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 169 



5. AXYLIA PLECTILIS. 



Alee anlicce fuscce, sublucenles, villa lata nigricante, radiis exle- 

 rioribus fulvo-fascis, ciliis a/bo noialis, annulo orbiculan 

 vol undo minima nigro-lineolato, reniformi majore margine 

 pallidiore ; poslicce alba, ciliis nigro linctis. 



Axylia plectilis, Guen. Noel. i. 135, 213. 



Sierra Leone. 



Country unknown. 



6. Axylia sicca. 



Pallide flava, parva ; alee anlicce cervino-teslacea, apud costam 

 nigricant.es, macula discali gultisque discalibus et marginali- 

 bus nigris; poslicce albce.^subhyalince. 



Axylia sicca, Gum. Noct. i. 135, 211. 



Genus 4. XYLOPHASIA. 



Corpus robustum. Caput antice subfasciculatum. Proboscis 

 brevis. Palpi porrecti, caput sat superantes ; articulus 3us cylin- 

 dricus, 2i quadrante longior. Antennas simplices, corporis dimidio 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticus plus minusve superans. Pedes 

 sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocres ; 

 anticae strigatae, lignicolores, apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo. Mas. — Abdomen apice fascicula- 

 tum. 



Xylophasia, Stepk. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 174 Herr.-Schceff. 



Guenee, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 356 ; Noct. i. 135. 

 Xylina, Ochs. ; Treits. 



Septis, Lithopbane et Parasticbtis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 243. 

 Hadena, Luperina et Asteroscopus, Boisd. 

 Nonagria, p., Frey. 

 Xylophasia et Egira, Dup. 



Body stout. Head slightly tufted in front. Proboscis short. 

 Palpi porrect, extending some distance beyond tbe head; third 

 joint cylindrical, more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae simple, more tban half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending for one-fourth or one-third of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 



