﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1073 



44. HOMOPTERA QUADRISIGNATA. 



Mas. Fusca^ subtus cinerea ; palporum articulus Sus fere niger, 

 basi pallidus, 2i dimidio longior ; alee anticce apice rotun- 

 dat(e, fasciis tribus distinctis fuscis, la basali, 2a gracili 

 costam versus dilatata, 3a undulata guttulari, linea submargi- 

 nalifusca indistincta undulata, guttis marginalibus obscurio- 

 ribus, lituris altemis costalibus obscuris et pallidis, 



Male. Brown, cinereous beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 almost black, pale at the base, much more than half the length of 

 the second. Fore wings much rounded at the tips, with three dis- 

 tinct brown bands ; the first near ihe base, rather broad ; second 

 more slender, but dilated and forming a spot near the costa ; third 

 more undulating and composed of dots ; submarginal line brown, 

 indistinct, undulating ; marginal dots darker ; costa with alternate 

 dark and pale marks. Hind wings like the fore wings, with the ex- 

 ception of the first band, which is obsolete. Length of the body 4 J 

 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Genus 5. YPSIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi validi, sub- 

 erecti ; articulus 3us cylindricus, obtusus, 2i dimidio brevior. An 

 tennae corporis dimidio longiores. Thorax squamosus. Abdomer- 

 subcristatum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibise pos.- 

 ticae calcaribus longis. Alae latiusculae, vix denticulatae ; anticae 

 apud costam rectos, apice subrectangulatae, margine exteriore sub- 

 convexo subobliquo. Mas. — Antennae subcrenulalae, subciliatae. 



Ypsia, Guen, NocU iii. 16. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, as- 

 cending, nearly vertical ; third joint cylindrical, obtuse, rather less 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae more than half the 

 length of the body. Thorax squamose. Abdomen slightly crested, 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibige 

 with long spurs. Wings rather broad, hardly denticulate. Fore 

 wings straight along the costa, almost rectangular at the tips, 

 slightly oblique and convex along the exterior border. Male. — An- 

 tennae minutely crenulate ; ciliae short. 



