3 $6 LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 



3. Nelo? xanthomelas. 

 Ala nigra, basi late aurantiaca ; antica macula subapicali auran- 



tiaca. 



Ctimene xanthomelas, Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1, Lev. 202 

 pi. 3, f. 10. r ' ' 



? Port Praslin, New Ireland. 



Genus 36. PSYCHOMOEPHA. 



"Corpus gracile , apice pilosum. Palpi graciles, subporrecti, 

 pilosi. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Antenna maris breviter pec- 

 tinat®, feemma simplices. Abdomen alas posticas non superans 

 Pedes pilosi; tibiae posticas breviter calcaratae. Alee latse, non 

 longse. ' 



Glaucopis (Psychomorpha), Harris, Deseript Cat. N. Amer. Sphin 

 (Amer. Jour. Sci. and Arts, xxxvi. 2,) 39. 



This genus has some resemblance to Anarta and to the Em- 

 ciniace. y 



"Antennae in the male pectinated on both sides, the pectina- 

 tions rather short simple in the female. Proboscis moderate, 

 spirally rolled Palpi slender, nearly horizontal, extending a little 

 beyond the clypeus, covered with loose hairs so as to conceal the 

 joints. Wings short somewhat triangular, with the outer margins 

 rounded ; discal areolet of the hind wings short, closed by a sinuous 

 vein Body slender, hairy at the tip. Legs short, hairy; spurs of 

 the hind tibiae three, slender, nearly concealed by the hairs." 



1. PSYCHOMOEPHA EpIMENIS. 



Aim nigra, subtus cyaneo marginata ; anticce macula magna pone 

 medium albida; postica basi nigra apice fulva margine atro. 



Phalaena (Noctua) Epimenis, Drury, App. iii. ///. Exot. Ins. iii. 



«39, pi. 29, t. 2. 

 Callimorpha Epimenis, Westw. ed. Drury, iii. 40, pi. 29 f. 2 

 Psychomorpha maculata, Harris, Cat. 



Glaucopis (Psychomorpha) Epimenis, Harris, Deseript. Cat. N. 

 Amer. Sphin. {Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, xxxvi. 2,) 39, 6. 

 a. United States. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



