DTPTERA. 107 



tawny; wings colourless. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



East India. 



A CUR AN A, n. g. 



Antennis articuliis lus 2o duplo longior ; 3us lo et 2o longior, sub- 

 fusiformis: tibiie anteriores subrectoe, posticEe valde arcuatJE : alis areola 

 la poslica prope marginera clausa, 4a ct areola inferior ab niargine 

 remotae. 



Head very ihiekly clothed with long hairs : second joint about half 

 the length of the first ; third longer than the first and the second, very 

 slightly spindle-shaped : four anterior shanks almost straight ; hind pair 

 much curved : first posterior areolet of the wing closed near the border ; 

 fourth closed at some distance from the border ; inferior areolet closed at 

 some distance from the border. 



ACURANA 6-FASCIATA, Fcm. 



Siffra, ahdomine nigro-fusco fasciis sex fulvis ornato, atitennis pedihmqne 

 nhjris tibiis anterloribus fulris, alis sublinipidis. 



Body black : head thickly and completely clothed with long hoary 

 hairs, beset behind the eyes with black bristles : eyes black ; fore part 

 nearly flat, its facets much larger than those elsewhere : sucker black, 

 clothed at the tip with tawny hairs ; palpi black, beset with black bristles : 

 feelers black ; first joint clothed with long hoary hairs ; second and third 

 beset with short black bristles, second about half the length of the first; 

 third longer than the first and the second, very slightly spindle-shaped : 

 chest and breast thinly clothed with short tawny hairs : abdomen dark 

 brown, nearly linear, much longer but hardly narrower than the chest, 

 conical at the tip, clothed with short, pale yellow hairs, these are most pre- 

 valent on the broad pale tawny bands which adorn the hind borders of the 

 segments: legs black, clothed with pale yellow hairs; thighs thick, espe- 

 cially the hind pair ; four anterior shanks tawny, almost straight; hind 

 pair much curved ; hind-feet and lips of hind-shanks clothed with short 

 tawny hairs; claws towards the base and foot- cushions tawny: wings 

 almost colourless ; wing-ribs tawny ; veins pitchy, tawny towards the base 



