798 CATALOGUE OF 



alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat validi ; femora tibiaeque 

 pilosissima ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi 

 stout, rather long, very hairy beneath, porrect, extending" some dis- 

 tance beyond the head ; third joint small. Antennae very deeply 

 pectinated ; tips of the branches setose. Legs moderately stout ; 

 femora and tibiae very hairy; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings with the third inferior vein as far from 

 the second as the second is from the first; fourth four times further 

 from the third than the third is from the second. Hind wings ex- 

 tending as far as the abdomen. 



1. ACYPHAS VIEIDESCENS. 



Mas. Fusca, albido varia ; alee anticce basi albidce nigro notatce, 

 fascia lata media viridi, strigis duabus fuscis liturisque non- 

 nullis albidis ; posticce albidce,fusco conspersce. 



Male. Body clothed with brown, and with a few whitish hairs ; 

 under side wholly with whitish hairs. Antennae dark brown, whitish 

 above. Abdomen dingy whitish above. Legs whitish ; anterior 

 legs deeply ciliated. Wings dingy whitish beneath. Fore wings 

 brown, whitish with some black marks at the base, and with scales 

 of pale metallic green, which form a broad oblique middle band ; 

 also with two slender oblique many-curved dark brown bands, one 

 on each side of the green band ; the brown part contains some 

 whitish curves, and there are two clear white transverse streaks in 

 the green band. Hind wings whitish, very minutely flecked with 

 pale brown. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10J lines. 



a. Ceylon. From the Bev. J. Wenham's collection. 



2. ACYPHAS FUSCA. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; caput et thorax antice lutea ; pectus, abdo- 

 men subtus et pedes testacea ; alarum cilice subtus fasciis 

 obscurioribus et pallidioribus. 



Male. Dark brown. Head and thorax in front luteous. An- 

 tennae pale testaceous, with brown branches. Pectus, abdomen 

 beneath and legs testaceous. Fore wings and hind wings alike in 

 colour ; cilia beneath with alternate dark and pale brown bands. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a, b. New Holland. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 

 c. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



