LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 453 



Male, Reddish fawn-colour. Abdomen cinereous. Third 

 joint of the palpi much longer than in the other species of the genus. 

 Fore wings with the transverse lines brownish and very indistinct, 

 especially the interior two; orbicular spot obsolete ; reuiform indis- 

 tinct, but including a white spot. Hind wings brownish cinereous, 

 with pale eiliae. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Australia; 



12. Cerastis punctosa. 



Foem. Cinerea ; alee anticce fusco subconspersce, guttis costalibus 

 nigricantibus, lineis transversis fuscis guttularibus, orbiculari 

 et reniformi e annulis duobus pallide cinereis, liac angusta, 

 ilia obliqua elliptica, ciliis purpurascentibus. 



Female. Cinereous. Fore wings minutely speckled with 

 brown, with blackish dots along the costa, and with the usual trans- 

 verse lines composed of brown dots ; orbicular and reniform spots 

 forming two pale cinereous ringlets, the former oblique-elliptical, 

 rather small, the latter rather narrow ; eiliae purplish ; under side 

 with broad purplish borders, bounded on the inner side by a brown 

 line. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 



Genus 13. EUPSILIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, validi, 

 pilosi, caput non superantes; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae 

 corporis dimidio valde longiores. Thorax cristatus. Abdomen 

 latum, depressum, alas posiicas triente superans. Pedes validi ; 

 tibiae posticae caicaribus quatuor breviusculis. Alae mediocriter 

 latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rectangulatae, margine exte- 

 riore denticulato convexo subobliquo. Mas. — Antennae subciliatae. 



Eupsilia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 231. 

 Scopelosoma, Curt. Brit. Ent. 635 ; Guen. Noct. i. 385. 

 Micoptera, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 225 ; viii. 499. 

 Cerastis, p., Ochs. ; Treit. ; Boisd. ; Herr.-Schceff. 

 Glaja, p., Steph. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi short, stout, pilose, not 

 extending beyond the head; third joint very minute. Antennae 

 much more than half the length of the body. Thorax crested. 

 Abdomen broad, flat, extending for one-third of its length beyond 



