LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 961 



Genus 9. OIKETICUS. 

 Mas. Corpus pilosum. Palpi minimi. Antennae pectinatae, 

 apices versus serratae. Abdomen valde elongatum, alas posticas 

 longissime superans. Pedes validi. Alae pilosae ; anticae angustae, 

 longiusculae, apud costam subrectae, apice subacuminatae, margine 

 exteriore perobliquo; posticae subtruncatae. 



Oiketicus, p., Lamdown Guilding, Trans, Linn. Soc. xv. 375. 

 Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1844) 219. 



Male. Body pilose. Palpi rudimental. Antennae pectinated, 

 serrated towards the tips, with about forty joints. Abdomen much 

 lengthened, extending for more than half its length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout. Wings pilose. Fore wings long and 

 narrow, almost straight along the costa, slightly acuminated at the 

 tips, extremely oblique along the exterior border; subcostal vein 

 emitting two veins in front; three superior and three inferior veins ; 

 second inferior vein much further from the third than from the first, 

 which is forked before one-third of its length ; discal areolet sub- 

 divided by a longitudinal vein. Hind wings slightly truncated. 

 Female. — Wingless. 



1. Oiketicus Kikbii. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; alee aniicce costa plagaque discali palli- 

 dioribus. 



Oiketicus Kirbii, Lansdoivn Guilding, Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 375. 

 Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1854) 221, pi. 134, f. 2. 



a. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 10. METUKA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput, thorax et abdomen basi den- 

 sissime hirta. Palpi occulti. Antennas circiter 40-articulata3 latis- 

 siine pectinatas, apice serratae. Abdomen valde elongatum, alas 

 posticas plus dimidio superans. Pedes validi ; femora et tibiae dense 

 pilosa. Alae vestitae, subacuminatae ; anticae perangustae, apud cos- 

 tam rectae, margine exteriore valde obliquo ; posticae apud margi- 

 nem exteriorem incisae. Fcem. — Aptera. 



Oiketicus, p., Westw. 



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