! 



280 LEPIDOPTEKA HETEROCEBA. 



Genus 1. ILLIBERIS. 



Corpus validum, lineare. Palpi acuminati, brevissimi, capitis 

 dimidio non longiores ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae maris cor- 

 pore breviores, late bipectinatae, ramis pubescentibus. Abdomen maris 

 apice bilobatum, alas posticas facile superans. Pedes giaeiles; 

 tibiae posticse calcaribus mediis nullis, apicalibus brevissirais. 



Body stout, linear. Palpi acuminated, very short, not more 

 than half the length of the head ; third joint very minute. Anten 

 nae of the male shorter than the body, deeply pectinated ; branches 

 pubescent, decreasing in length from near the base to the tips. Abdo- 

 men of the male slightly bilobed at the tip, extending some distance 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae with no middle 

 spurs, their hind spurs very small. Wings rather short and narrow ; 

 six superior veins, and four inferior ; discal fold distinct along the 

 discal areolet ; submedian and internal veins parallel. 



This genus is more nearly allied than the other Lithosiida to 

 the Glaucopidce. 



1. Illiberis Sinensis. 



Mas. Nigro-viridis, linearis ; antenna late pectinatce ; alee niyrce. 



Male. Blackish green, linear. Palpi very short; third joint 

 extremely short. Antennae deeply pectinated, about three-fourths 

 of the length of the body. Wings black ; discal fold distinct along 

 the discal areolet, from whence proceed four hind veinlets and six 

 front veinlets. Hind wings about two-thirds of the length of the 

 fore wings. Legs black ; apical spurs of the hind tibiae very short. 

 Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



Genus 2. PINTIA.% 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Caput couicum; facies valde 

 convexa. Palpi brevissimi. Antennae corpore vix breviores. sat 

 late bipectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes 

 graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus mediis nullis, posticis brevissimis. 

 Alae sat amplae. 



Male. Head conical ; face very convex. Palpi very short. 

 Antenna? nearly as long as the body, rather deeply pectinated ; the 





