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MR. F. WALKER ON HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA 
more than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antennze distinctly 
pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Tibiz 
fringed; hind tibie with four long spurs. Fore wings tinged here 
and there with pale wood-colour; speckles in some parts confluent ; 
two short black discal streaks; marginal lunules black, whitish-bor- 
dered; fringe blackish, with a white mark opposite cach lunule. 
Hind wings cinereous brown. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 
wings 12 lines. 
Gen, BaTRACHARTA, 0. g. 
Mas. Corpus. robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, subangulati; 
articulus 3"° linearis, 2° brevior. Antenne valida, longe, glabra. 
Abdomen longum, subcristatum, alas posticas valde superans. Pedes 
validi; tibiee fimbriate. Ale elongate ; antic apice rotundate, 
costa recta, margine exteriore perobliquo, margine interiore extus sub- 
excayato. 
Male. Body robust. Proboscis short. Palpi long; 2nd joint obliquely 
ascending ; 3rd more porrect, linear, shorter than the 2nd, with which 
it forms a slight angle. Antenne stout, long, simple. Abdomen long, 
lanceolate, keeled, slightly crested, extending much beyond the hind 
wings. Legs stout; tibie fringed; hind tibiz with four long spurs. 
Wings elongate. Fore wings much rounded at the tips; costa straight 5 
exterior border slightly convex, extremely oblique, interior border 
slightly excavated exteriorly. 
263. BATRACHARTA OBLIQUA, n.s. Mas. Lignicolor, thorace nigri- 
cante, alis anticis vitta nigricante lanceolata, spatio discali exteriore 
ferrugineo nebuloso, alis posticis pallide fuscis, macula discali subtus 
nigricante. 
Male. Wood-colour. Thorax blackish, except in front. Fore wings 
with a blackish cinereous-varied stripe, which occupies the whole of 
the base, and tapers irregularly to four-fifths of the length of the 
costa, whence it is continued in an irregular dentate line along the 
tips and along the interior border; exterior discal space clouded with 
ferruginous. Hind wings pale brown; under side cinereous, with a 
large blackish discal spot. Length of the body 93 lines; of the wings 
20 lines. 
Fam. HAAMEROSIDA, Guén. 
Gen. Antona, Walk. 
264. Ariola ceelisigna, Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd. ser. 768. 
Inhabits also Ceylon. 
265. Ariola dilectissima, Walk. Cat. Lep. 3rd ser. 1751. 
266. ARIOLA CONTINUA, n.s. Fem. Alba, palpis extus nigricantibus, 
abdomine longissimo subcervino, alis anticis dimidio antico nigro-vi- 
ridi lineis nigris denticulatis, alis posticis eneo-fuscis. 

