LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 541 



reous discal spots, one on each side of the first patch ; first spot 

 elongated, oblique; second nearly round. Length of the body 

 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



Australia. 

 3. Prays caste lla. 

 Fcem. Alba; tarsi nigrlcantes, albo fasciati ; alec anticce vix 

 acutce, vitlis duabus ceneis, plagis quatuor discalibus e atomis 

 nigris ; posticce cenece, fimbria albida. 

 Female. White. Head with erect hairs on the vertex. Palpi 

 slender, obliquely ascending, much shorter than the breadth of the 

 head. Tarsi blackish, with white bands. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 with two irregular aeneous stripes, one costal, the other along the 

 interior border; some black speckles, most of which form four 

 patches ; two of these are contiguous to the costal stripe and two to 

 the hind stripe. Hind wings aeneous; fringe whitish, shiuiug. 

 Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 

 a, b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus 8. AZINIS. 



Mas. Corpus robustum,l32ve. Proboscis brevis. Palpi loaves, 

 arcuati, oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes; articulus 

 3us lanceolatus, 2o vix brevior. Antennas glabrae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo sunerans ; fasciculus apicalis subquadratus. Pedes 

 heves, robusti; tibiae posticae fimbriatae. Alae spissae, elongate ; 

 anticaa apice subrotundatae, costa vix convexa, margine extenore 

 vix obliquo, 



Male. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, 

 curved, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint lanceolate, almost as long as the second. Antennae bare. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuit sub- 

 quadrate. Legs stout, smooth ; hind tibiae with a short thick fringe ; 

 spurs very long. Wings robust, elongate. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior border very slightly convex, 

 the latter very slightly oblique. 



This genus is very closely allied to Hyponomeuta. 



Z2 



