LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



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Genus 24. ERANA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis mediocviter longa. 

 Palpi porrecti, caput paullo superantes; articulus 3us mi nut us. 

 Antenna? simplices, corporis dimidio multo longiores. Thorax 

 cristatus. Abdomen cristatum, alas posticas paullo superans. 

 Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae caicaribus longis. Alae anticae uiedio- 

 criter latas, apud costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, margine exte- 

 riore vix obliquo; posticas latae, margine antieo dilatato fascicu- 

 lar. 



Male, Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint not 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae simple, 

 much more than half the length of the body. Thorax and abdomen 

 crested, the latter extending a little beyond the hind wings Legs 

 stout ; hind tibiee with long spurs. Fore wings moderately broad, 

 straight in front, somewhat rounded at the tips, hardly oblique 

 along the exterior border, Hind wings broad, dilated, and with a 

 tuft of long hairs in front. 



1. Erana graminosa. 

 Mas. Flavo-viridis ; thorax antice nigro fasciatus ; abdomen 

 flavo-cinereum; tarsi nigro fasciati ; alee antica lineis angu- 

 losis albidis nigro marginatis, lituris costalibus nigris, orbi- 

 culari et reniformi albis nigrisque non bene determinatis ; 

 posticce cinerece, lunulis posticis nigris albo marginatis. 

 Male. Yellowish green. Thorax with a transverse black line in 

 front. Abdomen yellowish cinereous. Tarsi with black bands. 

 Fore wings with whitish black-bordered zigzag line*, and with cor- 

 responding black marks along the costa ; external line broader and 

 with a broader border ; discal spots whitish and black, not very dis- 

 tinctly marked. Hind wings cinereous, with black white-bordered 

 slender marginal lunules. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 

 a. lS T ew Zealand. From Mr. Churton's collection. 



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