ESCHATA.— TERAS. 143 



SCHCENOBIIDiE. 



Eschata ochreipes. (Plate CLVI. fig. 23.) 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Male. Pure shining white. Fore wing with a few black scales towards outer margin ; 

 hind wing clouded with fuscous along the veins and towards inner margin. Underside : 

 costa of fore wing clouded with pale fuscous ; blackish streaks along subcostal nervure and 

 first part of nervules, and median nervure and first part of nervules ; hind wing pure white ; 

 nervures slightly ochreous. Head and thorax covered with pure white hairs; abdomen 

 fuscous, the first three segments tinged with orange ; legs bright orange, clothed with pure 

 white hairs. 



CRAMBID^. 



Argyria nigricosta. (Plate CLVI. fig. 22.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Male. Pure white. Fore wing glittering silvery white ; costa and outer margin narrowly 

 black ; cilia rufoiis, except at apex an,d outer angle, where they are white. Underside suffused 

 with fuscous towards the base. Hind wing pure white above and below. 



The black costa distinguishes it from any other species. 



TORTEICID^. 



Teras verditer. (Plate CLVI. fig. 25.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Female. Fore wing bright green ; seven black spots at even distances along the costa, with 

 a speck between each pair of them ; a diffused black patch from the base over half the cell, 

 then down to inner margin near its centre ; a diamond-shaped black mark in centre of disc ; 

 a black patch from the apex running diagonally inwards, then downwards to above outer 

 angle, with a spot on inner margin below it ; a linear mark on outer margin below apex ; 

 some black specks scattered over the wing. Hind wing and underside uniform pale fuscous. 



