HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTERA. 107 



eluding at its fore end a whitish dot. Length of the body ] lines ; 

 of the wings 31 lines. 



This species belongs to the group of which C. Chremes is the 

 type. 



Genus LEBADIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. dense pilosum. Caput parvum, fascicule 

 frontali bene determinate. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi sat graciles, 

 dense fimbriati, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; 

 articulus 3us lanceolatus, parvus. Antennae subserratce, thorace vix 

 longiores. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. Pedes breves, 

 robusti ; femora dense fimbriata. Alas longse, angustaa. Ala3 

 anticse lanceolate, acutas, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo. 



Female. Body stout, densely clothed. Head small ; frontal tuft 

 prominent. Proboscis very short. Palpi rather slender, densely 

 fringed, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint lanceolate, not fringed, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae minutely serrated, hardly longer than the thorax. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs short, 

 stout ; femora densely fringed : hind tibias furnished with long 

 spines. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings lanceolate, acute ; costa 

 and exterior border slightly rounded, the latter extremely oblique; 

 first and second inferior veins contiguous; third remote from the 

 second. 



2. LEBADIA CERVINA. Fcem. Cervina, fascicule frontali subtus 

 palpisque obscure fuscis, antennis basi ochraceo subfasciculatis, alis 

 anticis costa cinerea plaga discoidali pallide cinerea lunulam atram 

 includente spatio exteriore lineas plurimas transversas undulatas 

 cinereas includente, alis posticis fascia obscuriore postmedia lata 

 diffusa. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 paler. Frontal tuft beneath and palpi dark brown; a small ochra- 

 ceous tuft at the base of each of the antennae. Fore wings with 

 a pale cinereous patch in the disk, including a very slender deep 

 black lunule ; exterior part of the disk with many transverse undu- 

 lating cinereous lines ; base, costal space and tips cinereous ; under 

 side with two brownish patches, one in the disk, the other near the 

 interior border. Hind wings with a broad darker diffuse band 

 beyond the middle parallel to the exterior border ; under side with 

 an incomplete irregular brownish band across the middle. Length 

 of the body 13 lines ; of the wings 34 lines. 



