﻿1330 CATALOGUE OF 



sum. Abdomen subconicum, laeve, abdomen non superans, fasci- 

 culo apicali compresso. Pedes longi, vix pilosi ; tarsi subspinosi. 

 Alae sat latae ; anticae falcatae, apud costam vix falcatae, margine 

 exteriore subobliquo. 



Hamodes, Guen. Noct. iii. 202. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately lono^. Palpi stout, hardly 

 ascending; second joint two-coloured, compressed laterally, a little 

 convex exteriorly ; third extremely small. Antennae slender, very 

 much more than half the length of the body, subcrenulate in the 

 male, simple in the female. Thorax rounded. Pectus woolly. 

 Abdomen subconical, smooth, not extending beyond the hind win^s, 

 with an apical laterally compressed tuft of hairs. Legs long, hardly 

 pilose ; tarsi with minute spines. Wings moderately broad. Fore 

 wings falcate, very slightly convex along the costa, very slightly 

 oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Hamodes propitia. 



Lutea ; alee nigrescente suhconspersce^ linea communi suhpostica 

 fusca; anticce punctis tribus quatuorve funds; quatuor 

 subtus viride lutecB fascia postica sirigisque duabus discoides 

 fuscis. 



Ophinsa propitia, Guer, Boisd. Voy, Duperrey^ Texte Zool. 285., 

 Atlas, Ins, pi. 19, f. 6. (Noctua propitia). Boisd, Voy. de 

 P Astrolabe, pt. 1. Lep. 244. 



Hamodes propitia, Guen. Noct. iii. 202, 1602. 



Port Praslin, New Ireland, 



2. Hamodes aurantiaca. 



Ochracea ; alee fusco intus notatce, linea obliqua exteriore albo 

 subpururascente fusco late marginata ; anticce reniformi bene 

 determinata punctisque duobus contiguis nigrlcantibus, 



Hamodes aurantiaca, Guen. Noct. iii. 203, 1603. 



Silhet. 



Genus 5. ENTOxMOGRAMMA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis longiuscula. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes ; articulus 3us laiiceolatus, 2i dimidio vix longior. Antennag 

 corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen alas posticas non 



