LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



2. Hecatesia Thyridion. 





Abdomen luteum, punctis nigris triseriatis ; alee anticce nigra ma- 

 culis albis triseriatis, maculaque diaphanaad costam; postica? 

 lutea, margine lato punctoque discali nigris. 



Hecatesia Thyridion, Feisthamel, Voyage de la Favorite, v. Suppl. 

 19, pi. 5, f. 1. White, Append. Capt. Greg's Journ. Exped. 

 Discov. Austral. 475, 8, f. 1. 



a — c. New Holland. Presented by Capt. Grey. 

 d. New Holland. From Mr. Children's collection. 



Genus 11. ^GOCERA. 



Palpi clypeum ultra insigniter assurgentes ; articulo 2o pilis 

 in fasciculum producto et rostriformi hirsutissimo. Antennae dis- 

 lincte fusiformes, (in medio crassiores, et seusim a basi ad apicem 

 graciliores). Alae deflexae, anticae trigonae. Tibiae squamis elon- 

 gatis vestitae. 



.Egocera, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 211; Boisd. Mon. Zyg. 13 ; 

 Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 350 ; Chenu, Enc. d^Hist. Nat. 

 Pap. 236, 6 ; Croch. 



1. iEGOCERA VENULIA. 



Ala antica ferrugineo-fuscce, vitta longitudinali albida rubra 

 marginata ; alee posticce fulva? margine maculaque discali 

 fuscis ; ab do m en fulvum. 



Phalaena venulia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. 107, pi. 165, f. D. 



Bombyx venulia, Fabr. Suppl. Ent. 158, 9. 



iEgocera venulia, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 211 ; Diet, a 1 '' Hist. 

 Nat. Dalm. Anal. Ent. 49. Boisd. Monogr. Zygen. 13, 

 pi. 1, f. 3. Chenu, Ent. d'Hist. Nat. Pap. 236, f. 404. 

 Croch. ed Regn. Anim. Atlas, Ins. pi. 148, f. 1. 



Bengal. 



a. Bengal. From Mr. Children's collection. 



b. Nepaul. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. East Indies. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 d—f. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 g. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



