﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 1841 



tribus submarginalibus nigris, linea suhmarginali pallido 

 guttata; posticcB cinerecB, lineis tribus denticulatis nigri- 

 cantibus. 



Male, Cinereous fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Abdomen 

 cinereous; hind borders of the segments blackish. Fore winjjs 

 partly shaded with dark cinereous; lines black, undulatinjr, dififuse, 

 incomplete, irregular; orbicular mark white, partly bordered with 

 ^' black; reniform concealed by a black oblique streak, which pro- 

 ' ceeds from ihe costa ; two black spots near the fore part of the exte- 

 rior border, having between them a black spot which contains 

 a white point ; submarginal line with pale dots alon«f its outer 

 side. Hind wings cinereous, with three blackish more or less den- 

 ticulated lines. Length of the body 7^ lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus POESULA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 i-validi, pilosi, suberecti ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae crenu- 

 / latae, corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen lanceolatum, 

 \ alas posticas paullo superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes 



graciles; femora antica ciliata ; tibiae posticae calcaribus long:is. 

 . Alee sat angustae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice aculae, margine 



exteriore recto perobliquo. 



Male, Body moderately stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi 

 stout, pilose, nearly vertical ; third joint very minute, not more 

 than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae distinctly 

 crenulated, much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 lanceolate, extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 small. Legs slender ; fore femora ciliated with long hairs ; hind 

 tibiae with long spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, acute at the tips, straight and very oblique along 

 the exterior border. 



1. P(ESULA DELINQUENS. 



Mas. Testacea ; thorax antice ater ; alee anticcs roseo subtincta, 

 fascia exteriore ferruginea recta obliqua bene determinata 

 nigricante marginata, linea inferiore ferruginea angulosa pos- 

 tice obsoleta, linea submarginali nigricante indistincta incom* 

 pleta, reniformi nigricante extus excavata ; posticce fusceS" 

 cente-cinerece^ fimbria testacea. 



