﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETKROCERA. 1803 



Genus MOUKALIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validuin. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi ^ra- 

 ciles, oblique ascendentes; articulus 3us linearis, subacurninalus, 

 2i dimidio non lon^ior. Antenuce subcrenulatse, corporis dimidio 

 non longiores. Abdomen lono^ura, alas posticas dimidi'» fere su- 

 perans ; fasciculus apicalis depressus, longiusculus. Pedes sat 

 validi. Alae longiusculee, sat angusta?; auticae apud costam rectae, 

 apice acutce, mavgine exteriore vix convexo. 



Male, Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi slender, obliquely ascending ; third joint linear, slightly acu- 

 minated, about half the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 crenulaied, about half the length of the body. Abdomen long, ex- 

 tending for nearly half its length beyond the hind wings; apical 

 tuft flat, rather long. Legs moderately stout. Wings rather long 

 and narrow. Fore wings straight along the costa, acute at the tips, 

 hardly convex and very oblique along the exterior border; markings 

 much like those of Abrostola. Hind wings semihyaline in the disk. 



1. MOURALIA ANNULIFERA. 



Mas. Cervina ; vertex nigra fasciatus ; thorax nigro fasciatus et 

 bimaculatus ; alee anticce subcsnece, nigricante subnebidosce, 

 lineis interiore et exteriore nigris subarcuatis, annulis tribus 

 intermediis magnis ex parte cinereis nigro marginatis, macula 

 basali cinerea, linea submarginali albida diffusa nigro bistri- 

 gata ; posticce albidce semihgalin<x, marghie latissimo ceneo- 

 fusco, 



Male. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Vertex with a black 

 band. Thorax with a black spot on each side ; tegulae bordered 

 with black. Fore wings with an aeneous tinge, slightly clouded with 

 blackish ; interior and exterior lines black, slender, slightly curved, 

 having between them three large partly cinereous black-bordered 

 ringlets; a fourth cinereous spot between the interior line and the 

 base of the wing ; submarginal line whitish, diffuse, with two black 

 streaks in front ; marginal lunules black ; costa with cinereous sub- 

 apical points. Hind wings whitish, semihyaline, with a very broad 

 aeneous-brown border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



o. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



