LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 387 



Genus 37. MELA1SXHROIA. 



Corpus gracile, sublineare, fere cylindricum, longitudine medi- 

 ocri. Palpi povrecti, pilosi, capite breviores; articulus 3us conicus, 

 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antenna) maris pectinatee, fcerainae subpec- 

 tinatae. Abdomen alarum margines posticos non attingens. Pedes 

 graciles ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae latae, non longag, 

 saEpissime nigrae, maculis semibyalinis albis. 



Melanchroia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 173. 

 Eudmoe, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 173. 



Body slender, of moderate length, nearly linear and cylindri- 

 cal. Palpi porrect, hairy, shorter than the head ; third joint conical, 

 nearly half the length of the second. Antennae closely pectinated; 

 branches long or of moderate length in the male, very short in the 

 female. Abdomen not extending so far as the hind wings. Legs 

 slender; hind tibia? with four spurs. Wings broad, not long, gene- 

 rally black with semibyaline white spots. 



Div. 1. Spurs short, near together. 



1. Melanckroia geometroides. 



Nigra ; caput, thorax, pectus et abdomen apice luteo-hirta ; palpi 

 basi testacei ; alee pone margines strigis nonnunquam obsoletis 

 albis. 



Black. Head, thorax, pectus, and tip of the abdomen beneath 

 clothed with luteous hairs. Palpi testaceous towards the base. Pro- 

 boscis ferruginous. Wings with whitish streaks between the areolets 

 towards the borders, these are most apparent in the fore wings and 

 are sometimes obsolete. Length of the body 4— 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 13 — 15 lines. 



a, b. Java. From Mr. Gould's collection. 



2. Melanchroia Cephise. 



Atra ; caput, prothorax, thoracis latera antica, pectus et abdomen 

 apice lutea ; palpi pedesque subtus albidi ; abdominis segmenta 

 marc/inibus posticis subtus albidis ; alee quatuor apicibus ciliis- 

 que albis, anticce cano venosce. 



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