

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 269 



Female. Somewhat resembling the Xylinidce. Fawn-colour. 

 Thorax with a black band in front. Abdomen cinereous. Fore 

 wings mouse-colour, pale fawn-colour at the base, and with a large 

 i pale fawn-coloured costal spot, darker fawn-colour along the exte- 

 rior border; orbicular spot obsolete ; reniform spot fawn-colour, 

 bordered with brown ; veins brown. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



25. Cel^ena expuncta. 



Pallide cervina ; thorax fascia antica fusca ; alee anticce cinereo 

 varia, lineis transversis undulalis fuscis, macula apicali tes~ 

 tacea, orbiculari et reniformi testaceo marginalis, maculis dua- 

 bus contiguis obscure fuscis, strig% arcuata antica alba ; 

 posticce albidce, marginibus fuscescentibus. 



Pale fawn-colour. Thorax with a brown band in front. Ab- 

 domen cinereous. Fore wings partly shaded with gray, with trans- 

 verse undulating brown lines, and with a testaceous apical spot ; or- 

 bicular and reniform spots with testaceous borders, each accompanied 

 by a dark brown spot; orbicular spot oblong, and having a spot be- 

 hind it of the same size and shape and colour; a curved white 

 streak between the reniform spot and the costa. Hind wings 

 whitish, with brownish borders. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 10 lines. 



In Mr. Saunders 5 collection. 



Genus 12. AMPHIA. 



Cirrus frontalis brevis, arctatus. Proboscis valida, mediocriter 

 longa. Palpi breves, validi, pilosi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 

 3us truncatus, brevissimus. Antennas sat validce, subpubesceutes. 

 Thorax rotundatus lannginosus, subhirsutus. Abdomen leve, cari- 

 natum, parce pilosum. Pedes longi, parce pilosi. Alae anticae sub- 

 denticulata?, lineis ruaculisque distinctis. 



Amphia, Guen. Xoct. i. 224. 



Frontal tuft short, contracted. Proboscis stout, moderately- 

 long. Palpi short, stout, pilose, obliquely ascending; third joint 

 truncate, very short. Antennae rather stout, slightly pubescent. 

 Thorax round, lanuginose, sumewhat hirsute. Abdomen smooth, 

 keeled, slightly pilose. Legs long, slightly pilose. Fore wings 

 slightly denticulated, with distinct lines and spots. 



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