LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 797 



Genus 8. CHARNIDAS. 



Mas. Corpus sat validura. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi pilosi, 

 brevissimi ; articulus 3us rainiraus. Antennae latissime pectinatae. 

 Pedes graciles ; femora tibiaeque longe pilosa ; tibiae posticae calca- 

 ribus quatuor longis. Alae latae ; posticae abdomen superantes. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis very short. Palpi 

 hairy, very short ; third joint very small. Antennae very deeply 

 pectinated. Legs slender; femora and tibiae with long hairs; 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 extending beyond the abdomen. 



1. Charnidas litura. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput et palpi lutea ; antenna testacece, ramis fus- 

 cis ; pectus, abdomen subtus et pedes testacea ; alee anticce 

 nigro triguttatce. 



Male. Brown. Head and palpi luteous. Antennae pale tes- 

 taceous, with brown branches. Pectus, abdomen beneath and legs 

 testaceous. Fore wings with three black dots in a transverse line at 

 the tip of the discal areolet ; under side a little paler. Hind wings 

 like the fore wings in colour, but not marked. Length of the body 

 5^—6 lines ; of the wings 13 — 14 lines. 



a, b. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



2. Charnidas fulviceps. 



Mas. Fusco-schistacea ; caput, thorax antice pedesque antici ex 

 parte fulvo pilosa ; alee nitentes, ciliis pallidioribus. 



Male. Brownish slate-colour. Head, fore part of the thorax 

 and fore coxae with tawny hairs. Antennae pale slate-colour, with 

 brown branches. Legs pale slate-colour ; fore legs partly clothed 

 with tawny hairs. Wings shining, with paler cilia. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



Genus 9. ACYPHAS. 



Mas. Corpus mediocriter robustum. Proboscis brevissima. 

 Palpi validi, longiusculi; porrecti, subtus pilosissimi, caput superan- 

 tes ; articulus 3us parvus. Antennae latissime pectinatae. Abdomen 



