976 CATALOGUE OF 



Westermannia superba (Noctua semigeometra, Plusia inscripta) 

 Hubn. SammL Exot. Schmett. ii. 23, 162, f. 323, 324 ; Verz 

 Schmett. 250, 2470. 



Plusiodes Westermannii, Guen. Noct. ii. 386, 1247. 



Java. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



b, c. Hindostan. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 5. ACHANTODES. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 ascendentes, caput paullo superantes; articulus 2us subarcuatus ; 

 3us longi-conicus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae simplices, sub- 

 compressae, corporis dimidio non longiores. Thorax squamosus. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles, non pilosi ; 

 tibiae posticas calcaribus longissiuiis. Alae anticae mediocriter latae, 

 apud costam rectae, apice acutse et falcatae, margine exteriore valde 

 convexo. 



Achautodes, Guen. Noel. ii. 387, 1248. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis of moderate length. Palpi 

 ascending a little above the head ; second joint slightly curved ; 

 third elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae simple, slightly compressed, not more than half the length of 

 the body. Thorax squamose. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs slender, not pilose ; hind tibiae with extremely 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in 

 front, acute and falcate at the tips; exterior border very convex, its 

 hind part moderately oblique. 



This genus should be removed to the Pyralites. 



1. ACHANTODES CETtUSICOSTA. 



Pallide cervina, subtus alba ; abdominis segmenta marginibus 

 posticis albis, quatuor apud discum nigris; alee anticce sericece, 

 costa argenteo-alba, linen duabus transversis angulosis lunula- 

 que intermedia nigricantibus, punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 postica alba, margine apicem versus cervino, guttis duabus 

 marginalibus nigricantibus. 



