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with the interior, exterior, and submarginal lines purplish, diffuse, 

 undulating ; exterior line indistinctly double on the exterior side, the 

 supplementary line very diffuse ; under side with a blackish disk. 

 Hind wings brown, mostly tinged with metallic blue. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Earn. GLOTTULIDiE, Guen. 

 Gen. Belciana, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi longiusculi, ob- 

 lique ascendentes ; articulus 2 US crassus ; 3 US linearis, gracilis, 2° di- 

 midio longior. Antenna? nudae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo supe- 

 rans. Pedes: validi, dense fimbriati ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longissimis. Alee amplae ; anticae acutae, costa recta, margine exteri- 

 ore convexo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 rather long ; 2nd joint thick ; 3rd linear, slender, much shorter than 

 the 2nd. Antennae simple. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs stout ; femora and tibiae densely fringed ; hind 

 tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings ample. Fore wings acute ; 

 costa straight; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. 



230. Belciana biformis, Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd ser. 1671 (Dandaca). 



Gen. Zigera, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi compressi, vix 

 arcuati, verticem paullo superantes ; articulus 3 uS lanceolatus, 2* di- 

 midio fere longior. Antennce subpubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans, fasciculo apicali parvo. Pedes breviusculi ; genua in- 

 termedia penicillata ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alee 

 latae, non longac ; anticae vix acutae, costa recta, margine exteriore 

 subconvexo. 



Male. Body robust. Proboscis very short. Palpi ascending, com- 

 pressed, very slightly curved, rising rather higher than the vertex ; 

 3rd joint lanceolate, full half the length of the 2nd. Antennae very 

 minutely pubescent. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings; 

 apical tuft small. Legs rather short, moderately stout; middle knees 

 with a fan-shaped tuft of hairs ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings broad, not long. Fore wings hardly acute ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, very slightly oblique. 



This genus has some likeness to Aquis, but hardly associates with any 

 of the established families of Noctuites. 



231. Zic;kua OKBIf EBA, D. s. Mas. Oehracca, alis punctis marginali- 

 bus nigris elongatis duplieatis, alis antieis nigricantc substrigatis lineis 

 duabus arcuatis albis, spatio interrnedio fusco albo-consperso lituram 



