﻿LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCERA. 1077 



quadrate. Abdomen extendiDOf a little beyond the hind wings, not 

 crested. Legs stout, pilose. Wings hardly broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, slightly rounded at the tips, very oblique and 

 slightly denticulate along the exterior border. 



1. CORTYTA CANESCENS. 



Foem. Cana^ fuseo conspersa ; palpi fits ci ; thorax suhfasciatus ; 

 alcB lineis plurimis ohliqiiis suhundulatis ficscisj linea exte- 

 riore lunuLisque marginalibus nigris y anticce maculis orhi- 

 culari et renifonni subobsoletis. 



Female, Hoary, speckled with brown. Palpi mostly brown. 

 Thorax with slight bands. Wings with numerous oblique slightly 

 undulating brown lines, with one exterior black line, aud with 

 black marginal luuules. Fore wings with the orbicular and reni- 

 form spots almost obsolete. Hind wings with the markings hardly 

 different from those of the fore wings. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



a, Caffraria. From M. Becker's collection. 



Fam. 3. HYPOGEAMMID^. 



Structura varia. Statura saepissime inediocris aut minor. 

 Palpi scepissime longiusculi et ascendentes. Antennae maris saepe 

 crenulatae. Abdomen saepe cristatum. Alae nonnunquam non 

 concolores, lituris saepe diversis. 



Hypogrammidae, Guen, Noct. iii. 20. 



Structure various. Size generally moderate, occasionally 

 small. Palpi most often ascending and rather long. Antennae 

 of the male often crenulate. Abdomen frequently crested. Hind 

 wings in some genera differing from the fore wings in colour, aud 

 with different markings. 



A. Alap anticae apice non aut vix rotundatae. 

 A. Abdomen non depressum. 



A. Pectus lanuginosum. - - - 5. Cyclodes, Guen, 



B. Pectus non lauuginosum. 



a. Caput non bifasciculatum. 



i. Pedes antici non densissime fasciculati. 



