LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1299 



borders, and whose outer border is more irregular than the dentate 

 interior border. Hind wings with the band of the fore wings dis- 

 tinguished by its borders. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a, b. Isle Tristam da Cunha. 



Australia. 



42. Melanippe icterata. 



Fuscescente-atra ; alee anticce fascia nigro punctata lineaque sub- 

 marginal* valde interrupta connexis sulphureo-albis, linpis 

 interioribus plurimis ; posticce nonnunquam sulphureo-albo 

 maculates. 



Melanippe icterata, Guen. Phal. ii. 387, 1520, pi. 9, f. 9. 



Australia. 



Genus 19. ANTICLEA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis gracilis, brevis. Palpi squamosi, 

 fronteui non aut vix superanies; a r tic ul us 3us minimus. Antenna 

 filiformes, maris nonnunquam pubescentes. Abdomen sericeum, 

 carinatum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes breviusculi, laeves, 

 sat validi ; calcaria quatuor longa. Ala? anticae apice product*, 

 lituris optime determinatis. 



Zerene, p., Cidaria, p., et Larentia, p., Treit. 



Mesoleuca et Amoebe, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 326, 333. 



Aniiclea, Steph. III. Brit. Haust. iii. 226. Guen. Phal. ii. 404. '] 



Lampropteryx, p., Steph. 



Cidaria, p., Boisd. 



Larentia, p., Herr.-Sch. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis slender, short. Palpi squa- 

 mous, not or hardly extending beyond the front; third joint very 

 short. Antennae filiform, occasionally pubescent in the male. Abdo- 

 men silky, keeled, not extending behind the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, rather short and stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Fore wings prolonged at the tips, with very distinct markings. 



