﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1089 



Genus 8. ERICEIA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum. Caput subcristatum. Proboscis 

 mediocris. Palpi validi, pilosi, suberecti ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 

 2i dimidio non brevior. Antenna simplices, subciliatae, corporis 

 dimidio longiores. Abdomen non cristalum, alas poslicas non 

 superans. Pedes validi ; femora et tibiae dense pilosa ; tibiae pos- 

 ticae calcaribus longis. Alae mediocriter latae, non denticulatae, 

 ciliis latiusculis; anticae apud costam rectae, apice acutse, margine 

 exteriore sat obliquo. 



Male, Body stout. Head slightly crested. Proboscis mode- 

 rately long. Palpi stout, pilose, almost erect ; third joint lanceo- 

 late, full half the length of the second. Antenna? simple, very 

 minutely ciliated, more than half the length of the body. Thorax 

 and abdomen not crested. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout; femora and tibise densely pilose ; hind 

 tibise with long spurs. Wings moderately broad, not denticulated ; 

 ciliae rather broad. Fore wings straight along the costa, acute at 

 the tips, rather oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Eeiceia sobbia. 



Mas. Cinerea; thorax nigro subconspersus ; alee nigro con- 

 sperscB, lineis nonnullis indistinctis^ fascia exteriore fusca 

 extus alhido marginata, guttis suhmarginalihus nigris ; anticce 

 guttis costalihus exteriorihus albidis ; posticce apud margin 

 nem interior em densissime ciliatce, 



Male. Cinereous. Thorax slightly speckled with black. 

 Wings minutely speckled with black, with some indistinct lines, 

 and with an exterior brown band whose outer border is whitish ; a 

 row of submarginal black dots. Fore wings with some whitish dots 

 towards the tip of the costa. Hind wings very thickly ciliated 

 along the interior border. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



a, Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



