88 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Lepidoptera 



Fam. ORTHOSID^, Guen. 



Genus Xanthia, Ochs. 



Xanthia hasalls. 



Lutea, capite subtus palpis alisque anticis basi roseis, abdomine 

 alisque posticis albidis, pedibus cinereis fusco-conspersis. 



Luteous, Head beneath, palpi, and fore-wings at the base, rosy 

 red. Abdomen and hind-wings whitish. Legs cinereous, browa 

 speckled. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Cape. 



Fam. HADENID;E, Guen. 



Genus Hadena, Treit. 



Hadena inculta. 



Fcem. — Cinereo-fusca, robusta, capite thoraceque pilosissimis, 

 palpis erectis articulo So minimo, alis anticis lineis liturisque 

 discalibus pallide cinereis nigro-raarginatis, lineis la Saque 

 undulatis, 3a flexa indistincta, 4a angulosa non marginata, 

 orbiculari et reniformi oblongis annularibus, hac ex parte 

 pallida, costa cinereo-punctata. 



Female. — Cinereous-brown, stout. Head and thorax very 

 pilose. Palpi ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; 3rd 

 joint very minute. Antennae bare. Abdomen extending beyond 

 the hind-wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore-wings sub-quadrate at the tips; lines 

 and discal marks pale cinereous, mostly black-bordered ; basal 

 and interior lines undulating ; exterior line bent, indistinct ; sub- 

 marginal line zigzag, not black-bordered ; orbicular and reni- 

 form annular, oblong, the former a little smaller than the latter, 

 which is partly pale cinereous ; costa straight, with pale cinereous 

 points ; exterior border oblique hindward. 



Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Cape. 



Fam. XYLINID^, Guen. 



Genus Epimecia, Guen. 



Epimecia angulata. 



Fcem.— Cerv'ma, corpore albido, tibiis posticis sub-incrassatis, 

 alis anticis acutis, puncto discali vittaque angulata albis, striga 



