LEPIDOPTERA IiETEROCE RA. 1365 



46. SCOTOSIA MOLLISATA. 



Fcem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi breves, oblique ascendentes ; alee 

 elongate, nigro conspcrsce, fascia interiore diffusa lineaque 

 wedia devia obliquis nigri can tibus, fascia submaryinali fnsca 

 lineani submarginalem angulosam pallide cineream includente, 

 lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce vix acutce, margine exte- 

 rior -e perobliquo. 



Female. Brownish cinereous, cinereous beneath. Palpi short, 

 obliquely ascending. Wings elongate, minutely black-speckled, 

 with a diffuse oblique blackish interior band; middle line blackish, 

 more slender and irregular; sub-marginal band brown, containing 

 the pale cinereous zigzag submarginal line; marginal lunuies black ; 

 under side with a brown discal point, a brown interrupted exterior 

 line and a brown marginal baud. Fore wings hardly acute; exte- 

 rior border very slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. ? 



Genus 24. PTEROCYPHA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida. Palpi ascendentes, lati, 

 brevissimi; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae maris subsetulosae. 

 Pedes longi, laeves ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor sat longis. Alae 

 amplae, marline exteriore subdentato; anticae maris basi lanuginosa?, 

 tegulis duabus costalibus fasciculatis. 



Pterocypha, Herr.-Sch. Exot. Schm. 

 Scotosia, p., Guen. 



Body stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi ascending, broad, very 

 short ; third joint conical, very minute. Antenna) of the male robust, 

 very minutely setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs long, smooth ; hind tibiae with four moderately long 

 spurs. Wings ample; exterior border slightly dentate. Fore wings 

 acute, lanuginous towards the base, and with two tufted tappets on 

 the costa in the male; exterior border slightly convex, moderately 

 oblique. 



Type, P. gibbosaria. 



