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476 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA* 



1. Melasina ciliaris. 



Atra ; alee ciliis anticccque margine coslali albis. 



Eyprepia lugubris, H'ubn. 



Eyprepia ciliaris, Ochs. Schmett. 



Melasina ciliaris, Boisd. hid. Meth. Eur. Lep. 57. 



South Europe. 



Genus 78. ORICIA. 



Corpus gracile, lineare, cylindricum, longiusenluin. Palpi 

 graciles, ascendentes, subarcuati, capite non breviores ; articulus 3us 

 minimus. Antennae maris subpectinatae aut setos& , foemina subse- 

 tosae. Abdomen alas poslicas paullo superans. Pedes gracillimi 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor mediocribus. Alae longiusculae 

 sat angustae. 



A genus which seems to connect Eulepia with Lithosia. Body 

 slender, linear, cylindrical, rather long. Palpi slender, ascending, 

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

 less than one-tenth of the length of the second. Antennae of the 

 male minutely pectinated or beset with short bristles, of the female 

 very minutely setose. Abdomen extending for about one-third of its 

 length beyond the hind wings, rather longer in the male than in the 

 female. Legs very slender; hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate 

 length. Wings rather long and narrow. 



1 OllICIA TRUNCATA. 



Flava ; antenna nigra, ; abdomen apicem versus nigro bivittatum ; 

 alee anticce cinerece, casta nigra, vitta antica lata abbreviata 

 marginata apice oblique truncata flava ; posticce nigro mar- 

 ginatce. 



Yellow. Antennae black. Hind part of the abdomen with two 

 black stripes which are united at the tip. Tibiae and tarsi brown ; 

 hind tibiae yellow towards the base. Fore wings gray with a yellow 

 stripe which extends from the base to two-thirds of the length and 

 more than half the breadth from the front, is bordered with dark 

 gray, and is obliquely truncated at the tip ; on the under side it 

 occupies the whole breadth of the wing and extends a little nearer 



