LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 657 



Country unknown. 



46. ClJCULLIA CLAUSA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; caput et thorax anticus fusca ; abdomen alas 

 posiicas fere dimidio superans, apice fasciculatum ; alee an- 

 ticce perattgustce,fusco substrigatce, lineis transversis angulosis 

 guttisque nonnullis discalibus fuscis, macula nigricante sub- 

 quadrata inter orbicular em et reniformem pallidas indistinc- 

 tas, guttis marginalibus obscure fuscis ; posticce cinerece, 

 margine fuscescente, ciliis pallidis. 



Male. Nearly allied to C. Absinthii. Cinereous. Head and 

 fore part of the thorax brown. Abdomen extending for nearly half 

 its length beyond the hind wings, tufted at the tip. Fore wings 

 very narrow, slightly streaked with pale brown ; transverse lines an- 

 gulose, brown ; some brown dots about the orbicular and reniform 

 spots, which are pale and indistinct, and have a blackish subquad- 

 rate spot between them ; a row of dark brown marginal dots. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with brownish borders, and with pale ciliae. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Genus 14. ARGYRITIS. 



Corpus sat validum. Proboscis inediocriter longa. Palpi 

 porrecti, caput paullo superantes; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i 

 dimidio aequalis. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas plus minusve superans. Pedes sat validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. Alae anticae argen- 

 teac, lanceolatag, plus minusve angustae, viridi saepissime varise. 



Argyritis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 247. 



Cucullia, p., Ochs. ; Treit. ; Boisd. ; Dup.; Steph. ; Curt.;Guen. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 porrect, extending a little beyond the head; third joint elongate- 

 conical, full half the length of the second. Antennae simple, more 

 than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending more 

 or less beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae 

 with rather long spurs. Fore wings lanceolate, silvery, generally 

 varied with green, more or less narrow. 



