niger, nitidus; infra subtiliter, lateribus thoracis margineque
elytrorum intus medio versus angulariter ampliata, apicem occupante
griseo-cinerascenti tomentosis; rostro leviter punctato, basi
utrinque bicanaliculato cum elevatione media lata subcariniformi;
thorace subconico antice tubulato, supra confertim sat rude
punctato, lateribus subrugoso; elytris striato-punctatis,
interstitiis latis, planis, transversim subtilissime rugulosis, cum
abdomine tenuissime alutaceis, punctis majoribus remotioribus
impressis; pectore, lateribus, pedibusque rugoso-punctatis,
femoribus infra fortiter oblique costato-rugosis; tibiis intus,
anticis fortius crenulatis. Long. (rostr. excl.) 16-18, lat. elytr.
8-9 mill.
"Patria--Persia, prope Kirrind, ubi _Echinopsidis_ speciem
frequentat, cujus plantæ caules ab hoc insecto puncti materiam
quamdam saccharinam sudant." _W. K. Loftus_, Mus. Brit.
[Illustration: Fig. 1.
_Larinus maculatus_, Falderm.]
[Illustration: Fig. 2.
The cocoons of _Larinus maculatus_, called in Turkish _Tréhala_.]
[Illustration: Fig. 3.
_Larinus mellificus_, Jekel.]
Very similar to _L. Onopordinis_, but proportionably more elongate and
less convex; rostrum and thorax longer; pilosity of the body underneath
much thinner and shorter; thighs thicker, more clavate, the anterior
evidently costate-rugose underneath; without whitish marks on the
elytra, and without that layer of light-brown earth-like pollinose
transudation which is often wanting in rubbed specimens of _Larinus
Onopordinis_. The freshest specimens have the griseous margin of the
elytra, which parts from the base under the shoulder, obliquely and
angularly ampliate interiorly towards the middle, where it reaches the
second stria. This griseous pilosity fills all the tips of the elytra,
leaving bare only the sutures, an angular notch behind the middle (which
forms with that apical part of the suture a kind of hook on each
elytron), and two round spots, one submarginal fronting the tip of the
notch, the other larger, discoidal, behind the foot of the notch, much
above the tip.
FOOTNOTES:
[G] Comptes Rendus, 21 Juin, 1858, p. 1213.
[H] Pharmacopoea Persica ex idiomate Persico in Latinum conversa. Lutet.
Paris., 1681, p. 361.
[I] This saccharine substance is noticed by Avicenna as _Zuccarum
alhusar_ (Lib. ii. Tract. ii. cap. 756, ed. Valgr. Venet. 1564), and
also by Matthiolus (Comm. in Lib. ii. Diosc. cap. 75). It is likewise
referred to by Endlicher (Enchiridion Botanicum, p. 300), Royle
(Illustr. of the Bot. of the Himalayan Mountains, vol. i. p. 275), Merat
and De Lens (Dict. de Matière Médicale, l. i. p. 467), &c.
[J] Revue Pharmaceutique de 1856, par Dorvault, p. 37.
[K] Comptes Rendus, 28 Juin 1858, p. 1276.
Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera collected at Singapore by Mr.
A. R. WALLACE, with Descriptions of New Species. By FRANCIS WALKER,
Esq., F.L.S.
[Read Feb. 17, 1859.]
Fam. URANIIDÆ, _Westwood_.
Gen. NYCTALEMON, _Dalman_.
1. Nyctalemon Hector, _White, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ vii. 1771.
Inhabits also Borneo.
Fam. AGARISTIDÆ, _Swainson_.
Gen. EUSEMIA, _Dalman_.
2. Eusemia maculatrix, _Westwood, Cat. Orient. Ent._ 67, pl. 33. f. 1.
Inhabits also Hindostan and Java.
3. Eusemia mollis, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ vii. 1774.
Inhabits also Hindostan.
Fam. ZYGÆNIDÆ, _Leach_.
Gen. SYNTOMIS, _Illiger_.
4. SYNTOMIS ANNOSA, n. s. _Foem._ Cinereo-fusca; capite, antennis apice,
humeris abdominisque maculis lateralibus albis; alis maculis quatuor
vitreis.
_Female._ Cinereous brown. Head white. Antennæ serrated, white towards
the tips. Thorax with a large white spot on each side in front. Abdomen
somewhat compressed towards the base, with white spots along each side.
Wings long, with the discal areolets from the base to beyond the middle
mostly vitreous, but having the veins bordered with brown. Length of the
body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines.
5. SYNTOMIS CHLOROLEUCA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigro-viridis; fronte, antennis
apice, humeris abdominisque fasciis duabus dorsalibus fasciisque
ventralibus albis; alis purpureo-nigris, anticis maculis quatuor
vitreis, posticis macula una vitrea.
_Female._ Blackish-green. Front, antennæ towards the tips, and two
humeral spots white. Antennæ simple. Abdomen with a white band at the
base, and with another on the fifth segment, and with white ventral
bands. Wings purplish-black; fore wings with four vitreous spots; the
fore one of the interior pair not one-third of the size of the hind one,
which is very long; the fore one of the exterior pair much narrower than
the hind one, and accompanied at its inner end by an elongated vitreous
point; hind wings with an elongated vitreous spot. Length of the body
4-1/2 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
6. SYNTOMIS XANTHOMELA, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra; fronte, thoracis margine
antico abdominisque fasciis ochraceis; antennis apice albis, abdominis
fasciculo pallide cinereo; alis anticis maculis quinque vitreis,
posticis maculis duabus vitreis.
_Male._ Black. Front, fore borders of the thorax and hind borders of the
abdominal segments ochraceous; dorsal tuft pale cinereous, rather large.
Antennæ simple, white towards the tips. Fore wings with five vitreous
spots, of which the basal one is small and round, and the other four
large and elongated; the exterior pair intersected by the black veins.
Hind wings with two vitreous spots, of which one is basal and the other
discal. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 9 lines.
Fam. LITHOSIIDÆ.
Gen. NYCTEMERA, _Hübner_.
7. NYCTEMERA MUNDIPICTA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Fusca; capite thoraceque
albo vittatis; abdomine albo guttis dorsalibus fuscis; alis anticis basi
albo venosis, fascia exteriore obliqua postice abbreviata alba, posticis
albis fusco marginatis. _Foem._ Thorace fascia postica lutea, abdomine
fusco fasciis albis; alis anticis fascia latiore vix abbreviata.
_Male._ Brown. Head and thorax with white lines. Antennæ moderately
pectinated. Pectus with black spots, luteous on each side. Abdomen
white, with brown dorsal dots; tip luteous. Legs white. Fore wings with
white veins towards the base, and with an exterior oblique white band,
which is narrower hindward, and ends at some distance from the interior
border. Hind wings white, with a broad brown border. _Female?_ Larger.
Antennæ slightly pectinated. Thorax with a slight luteous band in front,
and another hindward. Abdomen brown, with a white band on the hind
border of each segment; under side white, with brown spots along each
side. Fore wings with the band much broader, hardly straightened
hindward, and ending very near the interior border. Length of the body
5-6 lines; of the wings 16-20 lines.
Gen. CYCLOSIA, _Hübner_.
8. CYCLOSIA SUBMACULANS, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, velutina, squamis nonnullis
cyaneis, subtus albo cyaneoque fasciata; alis anticis purpureo-nigris,
punctis paucis exterioribus, alis posticis fuscis, punctis
submarginalibus albis; alis quatuor subtus fuscis, guttis exterioribus
et submarginalibus albis.
_Male._ Black, with a few metallic blue specks, and with metallic
bluish-white pectoral spots and ventral bands. Antennæ slightly
pectinated. Wings velvety, rather long, brown beneath, with an exterior
and a submarginal row of white dots; fore wings purplish-black, with a
few exterior and submarginal white points; hind wings brown, with
submargiual white points. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 28
lines.
9. CYCLOSIA NIVIPETENS, n. s. _Mas._ Cinereo-nigra; antennis
cyaneo-nigris subpectinatis; alis anticis fascia lata submarginali alba.
_Male._ Cinereous-black. Antennæ bluish-black. Fore wings with a broad,
submarginal, upright, white band, which is much narrower hindward, and
is intersected by the black veins. Length of the body 7 lines; of the
wings 22 lines.
Gen. PIDORUS, _Walk._
10. PIDORUS CONSTRICTUS, n. s. _Mas._ Cyaneo-niger, subtus testaceus;
antennis pectinatis corpore vix brevioribus; thoracis margine antico
coccineo; alis angustis, anticis fascia exteriore subrecta subobliqua
flavo-alba, posticis cinereo-nigris.
_Male._ Bluish-black, testaceous beneath. Antennæ moderately pectinated,
hardly shorter than the body. Thorax crimson along the fore border.
Wings narrow, somewhat testaceous beneath towards the base; fore wings
with a slightly oblique, hardly curved, yellowish-white exterior band;
hind wings cinereous-black. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16
lines.
Gen. HYPSA, _Hübner_.
11. Hypsa silvandra, _Cram. Pap. Exot._ iv. 155, pl. 369. f. D
(Phalæna).
Inhabits also Hindostan, China, and Australia.
12. Hypsa egens, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ 11. 453. 12.
Inhabits also Hindostan and Java.
Gen. SETINA, _Schranck_.
13. SETINA BIPUNCTATA, n. s. _Mas._ Flava; alis anticis punctis duobus
basalibus guttaque discali nigris.
_Male._ Yellow, closely allied to _S. apicalis_ (Cat. Lep. Het. 521).
Fore wings black along the costa towards the base, where there are two
black points; a small black dot at the tip of the discal areolet. Hind
wings a little paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 3 lines; of
the wings 8 lines.
Gen. BIZONE, _Walk._
14. Bizone hamata, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ 88. 5493.
Inhabits also China.
Gen. DEIOPEIA, _Stephens_.
15. DEIOPEIA DETRACTA, n. s. _Foem._ Pallide lutea; thorace guttis
nigris; alis sat angustis nigro guttatis, fimbria pallida nitente; alis
anticis nigro transverse quadristrigatis.
_Female._ Pale luteous. Thorax with six black dots. Wings narrower than
in the other species of this genus, with black dots, of which the most
part are towards the exterior border, where they form two irregular
lines, and are somewhat confluent on the under side; fringe whitish,
shining. Fore wings with four short transverse various black streaks, of
which the first and the second form an interrupted line. Length of the
body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines.
Gen. DARANTASIA, n. g.
_Foem. Corpus_ sat robustum. _Proboscis_ distincta. _Palpi_ porrecti,
breves, caput non superantes; articulus tertius longiconicus, acutus,
secundi dimidio non longior. _Antennæ_ setaceæ, simplices, gracillimæ.
_Abdomen_ subconicum, alas posticas superans; sexualia sat magna.
_Pedes_ breves, nudi, sat validi, calcaribus robustis sat longis. _Alæ_
breviusculæ, sat angustæ; anticæ apud costam convexæ, apice rotundatæ,
margine exteriore perobliquo.
Allied to _Lemyra_ (Cat. Lep. Het. vii. 1690).
_Female._ Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi porrect,
short, not extending beyond the head; third joint elongate-conical,
acute, about half the length of the second. Antennæ setaceous, simple,
very slender, full half the length of the body. Abdomen nearly conical,
extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; anal appendages rather large.
Legs short, bare, rather stout; spurs stout, rather long. Wings rather
short and narrow; fore wings convex along the costa, rounded at the
tips, extremely oblique along the exterior border.
16. DARANTASIA CUNEIPLENA, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra; corpore subtus, capite,
thoracis fasciis duabus anticis maculaque postica abdominisque fasciis
posticis luteis; pedibus luteis, tibiis supra nigris; alis anticis luteo
octo-strigatis, posticis luteo strigatis.
_Male._ Black, mostly luteous beneath. Head luteous. Thorax with two
luteous bands in front, and with a luteous spot hindward. Abdomen with
luteous bands hindward. Legs luteous; tibiæ black above. Fore wings with
eight wedge-shaped luteous streaks, of which three are near the base,
two subcostal, two hindward, and one submarginal and transverse. Hind
wings with three luteous streaks, of which the first and second are
connected exteriorly, and the third is short, broad, and submarginal.
Length of the body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Fam. LIPARIDÆ, _Boisduval_.
Gen. ARTAXA, _Walk._
17. ARTAXA VARIANS, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ iv. 796.
Inhabits also West Africa, Hindostan, and China.
Gen. PANTANA, _Walk._
18. PANTANA BICOLOR, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ iv. 820.
_Note._--_P. dispar_, a native of Hindostan, and _P. ampla_, a native of
China, may be varieties of this species.
Fam. NOTODONTIDÆ, _Stephens_.
Gen. DARABITTA, n. g.
_Foem._ _Corpus_ vix robustum. _Proboscis_ brevis. _Palpi_ longiusculi,
oblique ascendentes, non pilosi. _Antennæ_ validæ, subcompressæ,
breviusculæ, simplices. _Abdomen_ conicum, alas posticas non superans.
_Pedes_ squamosi, læves, brevinusculi, sat graciles, calcaribus longis.
_Alæ_ latiusculæ, non longæ; anticæ apud costam rectæ, apice
subrotundatæ, margine exteriore vix convexo.
This genus hardly belongs to the _Notodontidæ_; but its precise
situation seems to be uncertain. _Female._ Body hardly stout. Proboscis
short. Palpi rather long and slender, not pilose, obliquely ascending,
rising a little higher than the vertex; third joint elongate-conical,
less than half the length of the second. Antennæ stout, bare, slightly
compressed, little longer than the thorax; joints few. Abdomen conical,
not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs squamous, smooth, rather short
and slender; spurs long. Wings rather broad, not long; fore wings
straight along the costa, slightly rounded at the tips; exterior border
hardly convex, very slightly oblique.
19. DARABITTA STRIGICOSTA, n. s. _Foem._ Rufa, vix cinerascens; alis
anticis linea submarginali e punctis nigris, lineolis tribus costalibus
obliquis albis, prima angulata, secunda tertiaque connexis.
_Female._ Red, with a slight cinereous tinge, more cinereous beneath.
Antennæ pale. Fore wings with three white oblique costal streaks; first
streak forming an outward angle; second connected in the disk with the
third, which is oblique in the contrary direction; a row of submarginal
black points. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Fam. LIMACODIDÆ, _Duponchel_.
Gen. MIRESA, _Walk._
20. MIRESA CURVIFERA, n. s. _Mas._ Rufa, crassa, brevis; antennis late
pectinatis; alis anticis linea exteriore arcuata nivea, spatio contiguo
exteriore obscuriore.
_Male._ Red, thick, short. Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the
head. Antennæ shorter than the thorax, broadly pectinated except towards
the tips. Abdomen short, obtuse, not extending beyond the hind wings.
Legs short. Wings not broad. Fore wings straight along the costa,
rounded at the tips, darker on the exterior side of a curved transverse
bright white line, which is somewhat beyond the middle; exterior border
rather oblique. Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings. Length of
the body 4-1/2 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
Fam. SATURNIIDÆ, _Walk._
Gen. ATTACUS, _Linn._
21. ATTACUS ATLAS, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 808.
Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, China, and Borneo.
Fam. BOMBYCIDÆ.
Gen. BOMBYX, _Linn._
22. BOMBYX SUBNOTATA. _Mas._ Ferruginea, crassa; antennis late
pectinatis; abdominis apice laminis lateralibus fimbriatis; alis anticis
margine exteriore subundulato subexciso, macula subtus costali
subapicali flava.
_Male._ Ferruginous, thick, pilose. Mouth obsolete. Antennæ broadly
pectinated. Abdomen much more slender than the thorax, not extending
beyond the hind wings; anal lateral appendages fringed. Legs short,
stout. Fore wings rounded at the tips, extremely oblique along the
exterior border, which is slightly angular in the middle and slightly
excavated on each side; under side with a yellow costal spot near the
tip. Hind wings with the interior border densely fringed towards the
tip. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
Fam. LEUCANIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. MYTHIMNA, _Hübner_.
23. MYTHIMNA INDUCENS, n. s. _Foem._ Lateritio-rufa, subtus albida;
palporum articulo tertio brevissimo; abdomine rufescenti-cano; alarum
anticarum puncto discali nigro, lineis duabus nigricantibus subarcuatis
indistinctis, alis posticis rufescenti-canis.
_Female._ Brick-red colour, mostly whitish beneath. Palpi obliquely
ascending, not rising to the height of the vertex; third joint extremely
small, less than one-sixth of the length of the second. Abdomen
reddish-hoary, extending but little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout,
squamous; spurs moderately long. Fore wings very slightly convex along
the costa, rectangular at the tips; exterior border slightly oblique,
nearly straight; two slender, indistinct, slightly curved, blackish
lines, having between them a more distinct black discal point. Hind
wings reddish-hoary, the reddish tinge most prevalent towards the
exterior border. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18 lines.
Fam. GONOPTERIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. ANOMIS, _Hübner_.
24. ANOMIS MUTILATA, n. s. _Mas._ Rufa, robusta, subtus
rufescenti-cinerea; palpis longis subascendentibus; abdomine latiusculo;
alarum anticarum lineis tribus indistinctis angulosis nigricantibus,
orbiculari alba punctiformi, margine exteriore postico perobliquo
subexcavato.
_Male._ Red, stout, reddish cinereous beneath. Palpi long, obliquely
ascending; third joint slender, linear, obtuse at the tip, a little
shorter than the second. Antennæ stout, with extremely short setæ.
Abdomen rather broad, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore
wings with three blackish, indistinct, slightly diffuse, zigzag lines,
which are slightly bordered hindward with pale yellow; orbicular mark
white, punctiform; exterior border slightly angular, hardly oblique, and
slightly truncated on the fore half, extremely oblique and with two
slight excavations on the hind half; fringe partly white. Hind wings not
paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 18
lines.
Gen. THALATTA, _Walk._
25. Thalatta aurigutta, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xv. 1793.
Fam. HYPOGRAMMIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. BRIARDA, _Walk._
26. BRIARDA PLAGIFERA, n. s. _Mas._ Ferrugineo-cinerea; capite
thoraceque antico nigricantibus; tibiis ciliatis; alis sat angustis
subdenticulatis, anticarum fascia basali, macula discali maculaque
costali exteriore nigricantibus, lineis exteriore et submarginali fuscis
duplicatis denticulatis subnebulosis; alis posticis pallide cinereis,
semihyalinis, fusco latissime marginatis.
_Male._ Cinereous, tinged with ferruginous. Head and fore part of the
thorax blackish. Palpi obliquely ascending; third joint linear, conical
at the tip, about half the length of the second. Antennæ hardly setose.
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout;
tibiæ fringed; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow, slightly
denticulated. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, very oblique
along the exterior border; a blackish band near the base, abbreviated
hindward; a large blackish spot on the reniform mark, and a diffuse
blackish spot near the tip of the costa; exterior and submarginal lines
brown, double, denticulated, with the space along their borders somewhat
clouded. Hind wings pale cinereous, semihyaline, with very broad brown
borders. Length of the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines.
Fam. CATEPHIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. STEIRIA, _Walk._
27. STEIRIA PHRYGANEOIDES, n. s. _Mas._ Pallide cinerea, rufescente
conspersa; palpis longis vix ascendentibus; alis sat angustis
denticulatis; alarum anticarum squamis nonnullis nigris fuscisque,
marginibus exteriore et interiore non conspersis, reniformi magna; alis
posticis pallide cinereis, fusco late marginatis.
_Male._ Pale cinereous, thickly speckled with ferruginous red. Palpi
long, hardly ascending, almost straight; third joint linear, obtuse at
the tip, rather shorter than the second. Antennæ bare. Abdomen conical,
extending rather beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs rather
long and slender, almost bare; spurs very long. Wings rather narrow;
exterior border denticulated. Fore wings with the speckles mostly
confluent in the disk, mostly wanting along the interior and exterior
borders; several black and brown speckles, some of which border the
large reniform mark. Hind wings pale cinereous, with a broad brown
border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines.
Fam. OPHIDERIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. OPHIDERES, _Boisduval_.
28. Ophideres Salaminia, _Cram. Pap. Exot._ 71. 117, pl. 174. fig. A.
Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, Java, and China.
29. Ophideres discrepans, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xiii. 1227.
30. Ophideres smaragdipicta, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xiii. 1229.
Fam. PHYLLODIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. LYGNIODES, _Guénée_.
31. Lygniodes endoleuca, _Guén. Noct._ iii. 124.
Inhabits also Java.
Fam. EREBIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. SYPNA, _Guénée_.
32. Sypna subsignata, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xiv. 1261.
Fam. OMMATOPHORIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. PATULA, _Guénée_.
33. Patula macrops, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 225 (Noctua).
Inhabits also West and South Africa, Madagascar, Hindostan, and Ceylon.
Gen. ARGIVA, _Hübner_.
34. Argiva hieroglyphica, _Drury, Ins. Exot._ 11. 3, pl. 2. f. 1
(Noctua).
Inhabits also Madagascar, Hindostan, and Ceylon.
Fam. OPHIUSIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. CÆCILA, _Walk._
35. Cæcila complexa, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xv. 1825.
Gen. OPHISMA, _Guénée_.
36. Ophisma Umminia, _Cram. Pap. Exot._ 111. 137, pl. 267. f. 7
(Noctua).
Inhabits also Java and Sumatra.
Gen. ACHÆA, _Hübner_.
37. Achæa mercatoria, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 111. 2, 62. 175. (Noctua).
Inhabits also Hindostan and Java.
Fam. THERMESIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. THERMESIA, _Hübner_.
38. THERMESIA? RECUSATA, n. s. _Mas._ Rufescenti-cinerea, robusta,
nigricante conspersa, capite thoraceque antico fuscis; palpis
longissimis ascendentibus subarcuatis; antennis subsetosis, alis linea
exteriore recta obliqua nigricante extus diffusa, linea interiore tenui
subarcuata nigricante, linea submarginali e punctis lineaque marginali
nigris.
_Male._ Reddish cinereous, stout, with blackish speckles. Head and fore
part of the thorax brown. Frontal tuft acute. Palpi very long, slightly
curved, nearly vertical; third joint linear, acute, shorter than the
second. Antennæ slightly setose. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the
hind wings. Wings with the speckles here and there confluent; lines
blackish; interior line slender, slightly curved; exterior line
straight, oblique, diffuse on the outer side, extending almost to the
tips of the fore wings; submarginal line represented by points; marginal
line slightly undulating. Fore wings rectangular at the tips; exterior
border slightly bent; its fore part not oblique; orbicular and reniform
marks indistinct. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines.
Gen. HYPERNARIA, _Guénée_.
39. HYPERNARIA DIFFUNDENS, n. s. _Foem._ Cinerea, robusta, fusco
conspersa; palporum articulo secundo extus fusco, tertio aciculari
longissimo, alarum lineis interiore et exteriore vagis dentatis lineaque
media recta sat obliqua squamis fuscis, punctis marginalibus atris, alis
anticis acutis, orbiculari punctiformi atra, litura reniformi angusta
fusco marginata extus excavata.
_Female._ Cinereous, stout, speckled with brown. Palpi very slightly
curved; second joint brown on the outer side; third acicular, a little
shorter than the second. Antennæ minutely setose. Abdomen not extending
beyond the hind wings. Wings with the interior and exterior lines
angulose, diffuse, composed of brown speckles; middle line more oblique,
straight, slender, double, obsolete towards the costa of the fore wings,
bordered with diffuse angular streaks of brown speckles; marginal points
deep black. Fore wings acute; orbicular mark black, punctiform; reniform
narrow, brown, bordered, excavated on the outer side; exterior border
slightly convex. Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 22 lines.
Gen. UGIA, _Walk._
40. Ugia disjungens, _Walk. Cat. Lep. Het._ xv. 1860.
Fam. PLATYDIDÆ, _Guénée_.
Gen. MASCA, _Walk._