1 96 LEPID or VERA . 



Genus 7. ASTHENA. 



Anteninc of the male very small, simple l)ut thickly 

 ciliated ; jxilpi minute ; head smooth ; face very so, flatlj- 

 convex ; thorax and abdomen weak, smooth and very slender, 

 fore wing's evenly rounded behind, thin, silky and weak in 

 substance; hind wings similar in texture, colour, and mark- 

 ings, rounded or the margin undulating. 



LAi;\.t: ratl.'er short, tliickest in tiie middle. 



Pi'i'.K in moss or among dead leaves. 



We have four species, readily distinguished. 



.\. Wings all yellow wifli numerous orange transverse 



lines. A. Intaita. 



A'-. Wings nil shining wliitc with faint greyish transverse 



lines. A. a(/i(h(hf/i. 



A''. Wings dull white or brownish white 

 ]). IVire wings with two or three transverse light brown 



bands. .1 . si/Jvutn. 



W. Fore wings with a large rich orange-n-d blotch toward 



the apex. A. Blumeri. 



1. A. luteata, Sdiiff. — Hxpanse ;,' inch (18 to 22 m.m.). 

 All the wiug.s rich ochreous-yellow, with numerous irregular 

 orange-ochreous transverse stripes. 



Antennae of the male short, simple, thickly ciliated, sliining 

 yellowish-white ; jialpi very small, pale yellow ; face broad, 

 convex, smoothly yellow ; eyes black : toji of tlie head and the 

 neck-ridge pale orange-yellow ; thorax and abdomen slender, 

 smooth, similar in colour; lateral and anal tufts small; 

 fore wings rather short ; costa arched througliout ; ape.x 

 bluntlj' angulated ; hind margin very gently rounded but 

 faintly elbowed below the middle ; dorsal margin straight ; 

 colour soft silky ochreous-yellow ; basal line, and another 

 immediately following it, both curved and thickened ; first 

 line more erect but also curved and broadened ; second line 



