﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1239 



ff AlaB posticae valde denticulatae. 



10. Syrnia, Hubn. 

 i. Alae longae. - - - - 8. Letis, Huhn, 

 h. Stalura maxima. 



i. AlaB longissimae. - - - 13. Thysania, Dalm, 

 ii. Alae non longissimae. - - 15. Erebus, Latr^ 



Genus 1. OXFODES. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi erecti, longius- 

 culi, vix robusti ; articulus 2lis subrectus; 3us gracilis, sublinearis, 

 2i dimidio longior. Antennae graciles, simplices, corporis dimidio 

 multo longiores. Abdomen sublanceolatum, alas posticas nou 

 superans. Pedes sat graciles; femora pilis longis ; tibiae anticae 

 dense fasciculatae, posticae calcaribus longis. Alae non lata? ; anticae 

 falcatae, margine exteriore subrecto subdenticulato, sat obliquo. 

 Oxyodes, Guen. Noct, iii. 128. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi erect, com- 

 pressed, rather long, hardly stout ; second joint almost straight ; 

 third slender, hardly tapering from the base to the tip, more than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae slender, simple, very much 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen tapering, 

 extending as far as the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; femora 

 with long hairs; fore tibiae densely tufied ; hind tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings not broad. Fore wings falcate ; exterior border 

 almost straight, rather oblique, slightly denticulated.j 



1, Oxyodes Clytia. 



Lutescente-cervina ; ales anticce apud marginem exteriorem fusees- 

 centes, lineis transversis undulatis fuseis, maculis nigra mar- 

 ginatum orhieulari rotunda^ reniformi elongata extus excavata ; 

 posticce lineis transversis exterioribus undulatis fuseis, vitta 

 costali nigra apiee dilatata, 



Phalaena Clytia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 238, pi. 399, f. G. 



Noctua scrobiculata, Fabr, Sp. Ins. ii. 212, 14 ; Mant. Ins, ii. 137, 



18. 

 Phalaena-Noctua scrobiculata, Gmel. ed. Si/st, Nat. 1. 5, 2531, 980. 

 Oxyodes Clytia, Guen. Noct, iii. 128, 1501. 



flf, b. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 



c. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



d. Silhet. From Mr. Staiuforlh's collection. 



e. North Hindostan. From Mr. James' collection. 



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