LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 979 



1. Phycodes hirudinicornis. 



Cinereo-cvprea, subtus alba; palpi albi, apice nigri ; antenna 

 nigra; abdomen nigro-purpureum, segmentis fiavo margina- 

 tis ; pedes nigri, albo fasciati ; alee anticce fascia, strigis dua- 

 bus discalibus exterioribus maculisque costalibus nigricanti- 

 bus ; posticce nigro-purpurece, strigis duabus basalibus ciliisque 

 luteis. 



Phycodes hirudinicornis, Guen. Noct. ii. 389, 1249. 



Hindostan. 



Genus 2. HYBUEA. 



Corpus robustum. Caput minimum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 validi, pilosi, porrecti, arete applicati, rostrum breve fingentes; 

 articulus 3us parvus. Antennae graciles, setaceae, corporis dimidio 

 paullo breviores. Thorax valde robustus, dense vestitus, pilis arete 

 applicatis. Abdomen alas postieas non superans. Pedes validi ; 

 tibiae posticae dense fasciculatae, calcaribus robustis. Alae anticae 

 mediocriter lata?, apud costam rectae, apice angulatae, margine ex- 

 teriore subobliquo subconvexo, angulo interiore rotundato. 



Hyblaea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 127; Esp. Naturf.; Guen. Noct. 



ii. 390. 

 Euschesia, p., Hubn. Verz. SchmetL 221. 

 Heliothis, p., Boisd. 



Body stout. Head very small. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 stout, pilose, porrect, closely applied together, and appearing like a 

 rostrum ; third joint small. Antennae slender, setaceous, a little 

 less than half the length of the body. Thorax very robust, thickly 

 clothed ; the hairs smooth and closely applied. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; bind tibiae thickly 

 tufted, with stout spurs. Fore wings moderately broad, straight in 

 iront, angular at the tips, slightly convex and oblique along the ex- 

 lerior border ; interior angle rounded. 



1. HybljEa Puera. 



Fusco-cinerea, subtus testacea ; abdominis segmenta testaceo margi- 

 nata ; alee anticce fusco maculatce ; posticce nigro-fuscce, fas- 

 ciis duabus abbrematis incisis luteis rufo marginatis. 



