308 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEKOCERA. 



female. Abdomen slightly oblanceolate, extending in the male for 

 half its length, in the female for one-fourth of its length, beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs rather slender; fore tibiae of the male den- 

 tate beneath ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings rather 

 short, moderately broad. 



33. Josia. Monilis. 



Mas et Foem. Nigra, subtus alba ; thorax luteo binotatus ; abdo- 

 men luieo trivittatum ; aim anticce maculis duabus luteis ; 

 posticce vitta discali abbreviata lutea. 



Hipocrita tineiformis Monilis, H'libn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. Lep. 

 iii. Bomb. ii. Verm vi. Hipocritce A. Tineiformes, b. f. 1 — 4. 

 Ephialtias Monilis, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 176, 1819. 



Black, white beneath. Thorax with a luteous spot on each side 

 in front. Abdomen with three luteous stripes which are more or less 

 macular. Fore wings brownish black, with two luteous spots in the 

 disk, one in front, the other behind, and the two forming on the un- 

 derside the band by which the neighbouring species are distinguished. 

 Hind wino;s with a luteous stripe in the disk, widening from the 

 inner border towards the tip which it does not reach. Length of the 

 body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Var. jS. Spots of the fore wings nearly contiguous. 



Var. y. Spots very small, especially the hind one. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



&, c. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



(I. Brazil. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Group 8. MYONIA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile, lineare, cylindricum, longissimum. 

 Palpi ascendentes, arcuati, capite fere longiores ; articulus 3us 

 minimus, 2i octava parte non longior. Antennas valde graciles, 

 corpore breviores, subserratas. Abdomen alas posticas plus dimidio 

 superans. Pedes graciles; tibiag anticas subtus dentata?; posticas 

 calcaribus quatuor sat longis. Alae breviuseulae, latitudine mediocri. 



Male. Body slender, linear, cylindrical, very long. Palpi 

 vertical, curved, full as long as the head ; third joint very minute, 

 not one-eighth of the length of the second. Antennas very slender, 

 rather long, but shorter than the body, beset with short bristles or 

 minutely serrated. Abdomen extending for more than half its length 



