188 WALKER ON HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA 



Earn. LIMACODID^, Buponchel. 



Gen. MiRESA, Walh. 



20. Mires A curvifera, n. s. Mas. Rufa, crassa, brevis ; antennis late 

 pectinatis ; alis anticis liuea exteriore arcuata nivea, spatio contiguo 

 exteriore obscuriore. 



Male. Red, thick, short. Palpi porrect, extending a little beyond the 

 head. Antennae 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^ lines; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



Fam. SATUENIID^, WalJc. 



Gen. Attacus, Linn. 



21. Attacus Atlas, Linn. Syst. Nat. 808. 

 Inhabits also Hindostan, Ceylon, China, and Borneo. 



Fam. BOMBYCIDtE. 

 Gen. BoMBTx, Linn. 



/22. BoMBYx subnotata. Mas. Ferruginea, crassa; antennis late 

 pectinatis ; abdominis apice laminis lateralibus fimbriatis ; alis anticis 

 margine exteriore subundulato subexciso, macula subtus costali sub- 

 apicali flava. 

 Male. Ferruginous, thick, pilose. Mouth obsolete. Antennae broadly 

 pectinated. Abdomen much more slender than the thorax, not ex- 

 tending 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. LEUCANID^, Guenee. 

 Gen. Mtthimna, Silbner. 



i 23. Mythimna inducens, n. s. Fosm. Lateritio-rufa, subtus albida; 

 palporum articulo tertio brevissimo ; abdomine rufescenti-cano ; ala- 

 rum anticarum puncto discali nigro, lineis duabus nigricantibus sub- 

 arcuatis indistinctis, alis posticis rufescenti-canis. 



