LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 281 



Hypsopygia, p. Hiibn. Verz. Schm. 348. He rr.-S chaff. Guen. 

 Delt.et Pyral. 132. 



Body slender. Ocelli obsolete. Proboscis none. Palpi curved, 

 ascending ; joints distinct ; third long, linear. Maxillary palpi 

 rudimentary. Antennae granulated ; joints alternately with tufted 

 setae and with pairs of setae. Abdomen thick. Wings entire, 

 rounded at the tips. Fore wings clouded, dull ; lines confused. 

 Hind wings without markings. 



1. Hypsopygia egregialis. 



Albida ; alee anticce usque ad lineam exteriorem fuscescentes, linea 

 exterior e marginem versus croceo-cincta discum versus indeter- 

 minate effusa. 



Hypsopygia egregialis, Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schm, iv. 120, 3, pi. 8, 

 f. 6o. Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 133, 34. 



Sicily. 



Genus 7. CAKCHA. 



Feem. Corpus sat robustura. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 porrecti, obtusi ; articulus 3us minutus, quasi truncatus. Antennae 

 graciles, nudoe, corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae anticae bifasciculatae ; 

 tarsi antici dilatati. Alae anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 vix obliquo, margine interiore subemarginato. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 short, porrect, obtuse ; third joint minute, apparently truncated. 

 Antennae slender, bare, much more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, 

 moderately long ; fore tibiae with two dense tufts ; fore tarsi some- 

 what dilated. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings rounded at 

 the tips; exterior border very slightly oblique; interior border 

 slightly emarginate. 



The only species of Carcha much resembles Pyralis farinalis in 

 the markings of the fore wings, but the structure of the palpi and of 

 the fore legs are sufficient to distinguish it as a new genus. 



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