LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1289 



Ennychia MELALEUCALIS. 



melaleucalis, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. 1852. 



Irkoutsk. 



Ennychia acontialis. 



acontialis, Std. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1859, 221. H.-Sch. N. Schm. 

 f. 83, 84. Var. ? senicalis, Std. 



Andalusia. 



Ennychia sororialis. 

 sororialis, Heyden, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1862. 

 Engadin. 



Ennychia? crassalis. 



Foem. Nigricans, crassa ; caput et thorax cinereo-cervina ; palpi 

 oblique ascendenles, subtus albi, articulo 3o conico ; abdomen 

 alas posticas longe superans, segmentis albo marginatis ; alee 

 anticce apice subrotundatce, basi cinereo-cervince, punctis non- 

 nullis cyaneo-albis, fascia latissima cinereo-cervina maculam 

 costalem strigas duas lineamque exteriorem nigricantes inclu- 

 dente, punctis marginalibus albis ; posticce vitta maculari 

 fimbriaque albis. 



Female. Blackish, very stout. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Head and thorax dull cinereous lawn-colour. Palpi smooth, 

 white beneath, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; 

 third joint conical, about one-sixth of the length of the second. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings; hind borders of 

 the segments white. Legs smooth ; tibiae and tarsi blackish above ; 

 joints of the latter with white tips. Fore wings slightly rounded at 

 the tips, dull cinereous fawn-colour at the base, and with a very 

 broad irregular band of the same hue nearly extending to the 

 exterior border and containing a large costal spot, two streaks and 

 an exterior line of the ground hue; some bluish white points in the 

 disk ; marginal points white ; under side with a luteous band, which 

 is almost interrupted near the costa and is much abbreviated towards 

 the interior border; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Hind 

 wings with a stripe composed of three white spots; fringe white; 

 under side with two luteous costal spots and with a white spot in 

 the disk. Length of the body 4 J lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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