524 LEPJDOPTERA HETEKOCF.RA. 



posticas paullo superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcan- 

 eus quatuor longis. Ala? angustae, longiusoulae ; anticae ad costam 

 vix convex as, apud marginem apicalem vix obliquae, angulo postico 

 sub rotunda taB. 



Cydosia, Westw. Nat. Libr. xxxvii. Exotic Moths, 193. 

 Tinea, p., Drury. 

 Crameria, p., H'ubn. 



Has some resemblance to Crambus and other Pyralides. 



Body rather stout, not long. Palpi short, pubescent; third 

 joint conical, less than half the length of the second. Proboscis 

 short. Antennae slender, testaceous, bare, rather more than half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 narrow, rather long. Fore wings hardly convex in front, very 

 slightly oblique along the apical border ; hind angle slightly 

 rounded ; first, second and third inferior veins very near together at 

 the base ; fourth very remote from them. 



1. Cyodsia nobilitella. 



Cyanea ; caput, thorax, pedes et abdomen subtus albo maculata, hoc 

 apice luteum ; alee anticce fasciis alternis albis macularibus 

 luteisque ; posiicce purpurea, nonnunquam apud discum alba. 



Phalaena Tinea nobilitella, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 128, pi. 264, f. G. 

 Crameria nobilis, H'iibn. Verz. Schmett. 168, 1735. 

 Cydosia nobilitella, Westw. Nat. Libr. pi. 24, f. 2. 



West Indies. 



The blue and the red and the white in the fore wings are varia- 

 ble in their relative proportions, and when the blue is most promi- 

 nent, the hind wings are entirely blackish blue. 



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



c, d. From Mr. Gosse's collection. 

 e. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 

 /. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 

 g, h. Honduras. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 104. SCOTURA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile, lincare, cylindricum, longissimum. Palpi 

 pubescentes, arcuati, ascendentes, capite breviores ; articulus 3us 



