﻿LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCEBA. 1051 



12. Alamis brevipalpis. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea, fusco conspersa ; caput supra fuscescens ; 

 palporum articulus 3us 2i triente non longior ; alee lineis 

 nonnullis transversis incompletis undulatis apud costam dis" 

 tinctioribus et subdilatatis , linea exteriore undulata fusca 

 pallida marginata^ lunulis marginalibus attenuatis nigris. 



Male, Pale cinereous, speckled above with brown. Head 

 brownish above. Third joint of the palpi not more than one-third 

 of the length of the second. Wings with some incomplete undu- 

 lating transverse black lines, which are most conspicuous and 

 slightly dilated along the costa ; an exterior brown undulating 

 line which has a pale border ; marginal lunules slender, black. 

 Hind wings with the markings hardly less distinct than those of the 

 fore wings. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines; of the wings 15 — 17 

 lines. 



a, 5. North Hindostan. Presented by General Hearsay. 



Genus 3. XYLIS. 



Mas, Corpus sat robustum. Palpi erecti ; articulus 2as 

 longus, crassus ; 3us linearis, validus, bicolor, acutus. Antennae 

 crenulatae, ciliis sat longis, pilis intermediis pusillis. Thorax 

 quadratus, pilosissimus, tegulis remotis. Abdomen longum, obtu- 

 sum, \ix depressum, alas posticas paullo superans ; segmentum 

 lum^crista arcuata ; 2um hamis duabus lateralibus; 3um et sequentia 

 cristis linearibus. Pedes validi ; tibiae pilosissimae, intermediae 

 fasciculo basali sericeo longissimo, Alae oblongae, denticulatae, sat 

 amplae ; anticae margine exteriore postico subexcavato ; posticae 

 acute dentatae. 



Xylis, Gu£n. Noct, iii. 7. 



Male, Body rather stout. Palpi erect, straight ; second joint 

 long, thick ; third linear, rather stout, acute at the tip. Antennae 

 crenulate, with rather long bristles and with slender intermediate 

 hairs. Thorax quadrate, very pilose ; lappets remote. Abdomen 

 long, obtuse, hardly depressed, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings ; first segment with a curved crest ; second with two lateral 

 hooks ; third and following with linear crests. Legs stout ; tibiae 

 very pilose ; intermediate tibiae with a very long silky basal tuft. 

 Wings oblong, denticulate, rather broad. Fore wings with the ex- 

 terior border slightly excavated hindward. Hind wings with acute 

 teeih. 



