552 LEPFDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Calligena sanguinea, Bremer und Grey, Beitr. zur Schmett. Fauna 

 des Nordlichen China's*, 14, 66, 



North China. 



Genus 127. AGYLLA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile, sat longum. Palpi corporis dimidio non 

 longiores ; articulus 3us acuminatus minimus. Proboscis mediocri- 

 ter longa. Antennae graciles, setosae, subsetaceae, corporis dimidio 

 multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans, apice fasci- 

 culatum. Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor medio- 

 criter longis. Alae sat angustae, mediocriter longae ; anticae ad 

 costam subconvexae, apud marginem apicalem valde obliquae, 

 posticae rotundatae non angulatae. 



Male. Body slender, rather long. Palpi not more than half 

 the length of the head ; third joint acuminated, very small. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Antennae slender, setose, slightly setaceous, 

 much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending 

 very little beyond the hind wings, tufted at the tip. Legs slender ; 

 hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate length. Wings rather 

 narrow, of moderate length. Fore wings slightly convex in front, 

 very oblique along the apical border, rounded and not angular 

 behind, with a tuft of short down in the disk beneath; first and 

 second inferior veins united towards the discal areolet ; third a little 

 nearer to the second than to the fourth. Hind wings with a thick 

 tuft of down in the disk above. 



1. Agylla fasciculata. 



Mas. Alba ; proboscis, palpi et antennce testacea ; alee quatuor 

 plaga discali cervina, in posticis supra densissime lanuginosa. 



Male. White. Proboscis, palpi and antennas testaceous. Fore 

 legs partly brown. Wings with a fawn-coloured patch in each disk, 

 largest in the hind wings where it is covered above with thick tes- 

 taceous wool. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



a — c. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's collection. 



Genus 128. THYONE. 



Mas P Corpus gracile. Palpi brevissimi. Proboscis brevis. 

 Antennae setaceae, simplices, submoniliformes. Pedes sat robusti ; 



