LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 965 



dark ferruginous lines, one before the middle, the other beyond the 

 middle ; marginal points black, transversely elongated. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body Si lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus CYIZA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi 

 validi, erecti, verticem non superantes ; articulus 3us parvus, longi- 

 conicus. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes laeves, 

 breviusculi; calcaria longa. Alae anticae breves, latae, acutae, mar- 

 gine exteriore subobliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis elongate. Palpi stout, erect, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head, not rising higher than the 

 vertex; third joint elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs smooth, rather short ; spurs long. Wings short, 

 broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly convex and 

 oblique. 



This genus hardly belongs to the Phycidce. It has some 

 resemblance to the Noctuce minores. 



1. CyIZA PUNCTALIS. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea ; palpi apice nigncantes ; alee anticce 

 cervino pallido nebulosce^plagis duabus obscure ochraceis nigro 

 linearis, la basali, 2a costali strigas tres nigras includente, 

 lineis duabus transversis interruptis strigaque costali obliqua 

 albis, linea transversa devia nigra ochraceo notata, puncto dis- 

 cali Icete ochracea, punctis marginalibus nigris. 



Female. Pale ciuereous. Palpi blackish towards the tips. 

 Fore wings partly clouded with pale fawn-colour ; two dark ochra- 

 ceous patches ; one basal, traversed by a bent black line ; the other 

 occupying the middle of the costa, also traversed by a black dentate 

 ine, which extends to the interior border, and containing three 

 black longitudinal streaks ; two irregular incomplete transverse 

 white lines between the two patches ; the outer one partly contiguous 

 to a more irregular black line, of which the middle part is marked 

 with bright ochraceous ; an oblique white costal streak on the outer 



