LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 377 



Black, with three luteous yellow stripes, whitish beneath. Fore 

 wings with a luteous yellow stripe parallel to the hind border from 

 the base and but little more than half the length of the wing, very 

 obtusely angular in front ; its outer side nearly parallel to the lute- 

 ous yellow oblique band which does not extend to the hind border. 

 Hind wings luteous yellow with a very broad black border. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a, b. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Group 4. MICROPUS. 



Corpus gracile, cylindricum, sublineare, maris 1 on gum, fcemince 

 mediocre. Palpi capite vix breviores ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae maris late pectinata?, fcemince subpectinatae. Abdomen 

 maris alas posticas superans, fcemince brevius. Pedes graciles; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus duobus parvis apicalibus, fcemince late ciliatae. 

 Alae mediocres. 



Micropus, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 24, 66. 



Body slender, cylindrical, nearly linear, longer in the male, of 

 moderate length in the female. Palpi nearly as long as the head ; 

 third joint very miuute, not more than one-tenth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae of the male deeply pectinated, of the female 

 very minutely pectinated. Abdomen extending for about one-fourth 

 of its length beyond the hind wings in the male, not extending so 

 far as the hind wings in the female. Legs slender ; hind tibia? with 

 two small apical spurs, deeply ciliated in the female. Wings of 

 moderate length and breadth. This group connects the Lithosiidce 

 with the Pyralides. 



24. Chrysauge longalis. 



Mas. Luteo-flava, subtus alblda ; caput et thorax antice nigra ; 

 abdomen apiee supra fuscum ; alee margine anticaque plus 

 triente apicali nigris. 



Micropus longalis (Pyralis difformis Idia monstrosa), Hubn, 

 Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 24, 66, f. 131, 132. 



Luteous yellow, whitish beneath. Thorax in front and head 

 black above. Abdomen brown above at the tip. Fore wings black 

 for more than one- third of the length from the tip, and bordered 

 with black in front. Hind wings bordered with black behind and 

 at the tips. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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