LEPIDOPTERA HEIEROCERa. 



Country unknown. 

 1(3. Hemiceras Sabis. 



Cinerascens ; alee anticce sericece, fascia nebulosa submarginali 

 aurato-fusca, lineis duabus transversis denticulatis fere e 

 panctis nigris, macula vaga discali, margine exteriore siauato, 

 interiors subexcavato ; postica? albce, venis margineque apicali 

 aurato-fuscis. 



Hemiceras Sabis, Guen. Xoct. ii. 335, 1245. 



Genus 4. WESTERUAXXIA. 



Corpus sat robustura. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi longi, gra- 

 ciles, oblique ascendentes ; avticulus 2us arcu.itus; 3us gracilis, 

 cylindricus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Anteunae gracilis, siraplices, 

 corporis diinidio longiores. Thorax deuse vestitus, pilis squainosis 

 arete applicatis. Abdomen oblanceolatum, alas posiicas vix supe- 

 rans. Pedes sat validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissiinis. Ala? 

 anticae nitentes, sat lata?, margine exteriore subconvexo, interiurt: 

 vix excavate. 



Westermannia, Hiibn. Ver?. Schmett. 250. 

 Plusiocies, Guen. Soct. ii. 385. 



Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 long, slender, obliquely ascending; second joint curved; third 

 slender, cylindrical, full half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slender, simple, rather more than half the length of the body. 

 Thorax thickly clothed ; hairs squamose, closely applied. Abdomen 

 oblanceolate, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs mo- 

 derately stout ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Fore wings 

 shining, moderately broad, straight in front, rounded at the tips, 

 slightly convex and moderately oblique along the exterior border ; 

 interior border hardly excavated. 



1. Westermannia superba. 



Testacea : caput album ; ala anticce argenteo-albida, maculis tri- 

 bus (llscalibus omtiguis albo marginatis margineque lato exte- 

 riore aurato-cervinis, margine interiore testaceo ; posticu 

 purpurea subaurata?, ciliis palUdis 



