82 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidopiera 



elongated. Fore-wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border very 

 oblique. 



Allied to R'dia, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. 1075. 



Chadisra hi pars. 

 Fcem. — Cinerea, palpis rufescentibus, alis anticis dimidio basali 

 ferrugineo antice costam non attingente postice excavato, 

 gutta basali nigra oblonga nigro-marginat4, litura costali sub- 

 apicali elongata ferruginea nigro-marginaia. 

 Fema/e. — Cinereous. Palpi reddish. Crest of the thorax with 

 black-tipped plumes. Fore- wings ferruginous for half the length 

 from the base ; this hue partly black-bordered, not extending to 

 the costa, with two excavations by the interior border, and con- 

 taining a black oblong pale-bordered dot near the base ; costa 

 with an elongated ferruginous black-bordered mark near the tip. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 

 Hindostan. 



Fam. LIMACODIDiE. 

 - Genus Miresa. 

 Miresa, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. 1123. 

 Miresa divergens. 

 Mas. — Luteo-cervina, capite thoraceque ex parte cinereis, alis 

 anticis fascia media obliqud albidd, fascia exteriore tenui 

 nigra, alis posticis fuscescente cinereis. 

 Male, — Luteous fawn-colour, paler beneath. Head and thorax 

 partly cinereous. Palpi lanceolate, rather long. Antennae stout, 

 simple. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind-wings. Legs 

 thick, short. Wings rounded. Fore-wings brownish cinereous 

 beneath, obtuse at the tips ; exterior border very convex ; a 

 whitish oblique middle band, which on the costa is almost conti- 

 guous to an exterior slender black band, the latter diverging hind- 

 ward. Hind-wings brownish cinereous. 



Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 

 South America. 



Genus Athrula, n. g. 



Mas. — Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsolefa. Palpi porrecti, 



lati, compressi, obtusi, frontem vix superantes. Antennae 



late pectinatse. Thorax dense vestitus. Abdomen lineare. 



Pedes breves, pilosi. Alee elongatse, amplae ; anticae sub- 



