LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 1249 



Genus AGLOSSA, C. L. H. xvii. 274. 



Aglossa exsucealls. 

 exsucealis, Ld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 341, 457, pi. 7, f. JO. 

 Beyrout. 



Aglossa incultalis. 

 incul talis, Zll. Lep. Caffr. 21. 

 Natal. 



Aglossa ocellalis. 



ocellalis, Kollar, MSS., Ld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 341, 457, pi. 7, 

 f. 9. 



Aglossa? chloromelalis. 



Obscure rufescente-fusca ; palpi nigricantes, subarcuati, verticem 

 paullo superantes, articulo 3o lineari 2o non breviore ; thoracis 

 latera antica viridia ; ala? anticce apice subrotundatce, fasciis 

 tribus indeterminatis e atomis viridibus ; postica fuscce. 



Dark reddish brown, silvery cinereous beneath. Head green 

 behind. Palpi blackish, stout, slightly curved, obliquely ascending, 

 rising a little higher than the vertex ; second joint cinereous beneath 

 towards the base; third linear, as long as the second. Antenna? 

 stout. Thorax green on each side in front. Legs stout, silvery- 

 cinereous, mostly brown above. Fore wings slightly rounded at 

 the tips, with some green speckles, most of which form three very 

 incomplete bands ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border convex, 

 hardly oblique. Hind wings brown. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines 



This species does not belong to the genus Aglossa^ but a new 

 genus can hardly be established on the single specimen here 

 recorded. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Aglossa? rufiflualis. 



Mas. Cinerea, robusta ; caput et thorax rufescentia ; thoracis 

 tegul<B posticce elongates ; alee anticce latiusculce, rufo con- 

 spersa?, lineis tribus rufis, la 2aque dentatis, 3a submarginali 

 subdenticulata subundulatajpunctis marginalibus rufescentibus 

 indistinctis . 



