522 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Male. Testaceous. Antennae rather thickly pubescent. Fore 

 wings with about twenty black dots which are mostly disposed in 

 four oblique and very irregular bands; under side grayish except at 

 the tip and along the hind border. Hind wings paler. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus 99. EUSTIXIA. 



Mas. Corpus mediocriter longum et latum. Palpi breves. 

 Antennae setaceae, simplices. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; alae non longae; anticae ad costam fere recta?, apud 

 margin em apicalem obliquae, angulo postico subrotundato. 



1. Eustixia PUPULA. 



Mas. Nigro-fusca, subtus albida ; alee albida ; anticce fasciis 

 quatuor, posticce duabus, macularibus nigris. 



Eustixia pupula (Phalaena vera, Lithosia g:eometriformis), Hubn. 

 Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. 24, 164, f. 327, 328. 



United States. 



Genus 100. EUSCEPTIS. 



Fcem. Corpus breviusculum, sat validum. Palpi breves. An- 

 tennae simplices, setaceae. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. 

 Tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. AI33 latiusculse, non longa? ; 

 anticae ad costam subconvexae, apud marginem apicalem obliquae, 

 postiee angulatae. 



Eusceptis, Hubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. ii. 21, 153. 



1. Eusceptis irretita. 



Albida ; abdomen luteum ; alee anticce striga media nigra antice 

 trifurcata, postiee bifurcata,fasciaque obliqua subapicalifusca, 

 postiee luteo varia ; posticce lutece fascia discali nigra. 



Eusceptis irretita (Phalaena vera, Lithosia vulgaris), Hubn. Samml. 

 Exot. Schmett. ii. 21, 153, f. 305, 306. 



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