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



Genus Xanthoptera, Guei). 



Xanthoplera 1 albnflava. 



Mas. — Flava, abdomine pallide testaceo, alis anticis acutis nigro- 

 triguttatis, gutta la sub-costali, 2a discali, Sa postica inte- 

 riore, linea exteriore indistincta undulata spatioque marginali 

 cervinis, alis posticis albis margine exteriore fiiscescente. 



Male. — Yellow, shining. Head wanting. Abdomen pale tes- 

 taceous, not extending beyond tlie hind-wings. Hind-tibiae with 

 very long spurs. Fore-wings acute, with three black points; the 

 1st near the costa, in front of the 2nd, which represents the reni- 

 form mark; 3rd hindward in the disk and nearer the base ; an 

 indistinct exterior undulating fawn-coloured line ; marginal space 

 mostly fawn-colour ; costa straight ; exterior border convex, 

 slightly oblique. Hind-wings white, with a brownish tinge along 

 the exterior border. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Honduras. 



Xanthoptera 1 cupreov'iridis. 



Fcem. — Flavescente viridis, subtus alba, abdomine alisque pos- 

 ticis albis, alis anticis costa interiore rufescente, macula dis- 

 cali spatioque marginali rufescente cupreis. 



Female. — Yellowish-green, white beneath. Abdomen white, 

 not extending beyond the hind-wings. Fore-wings with a diffuse 

 reddish tinge along the costa, extending from the base to the 

 round reddish cupreous discal spot ; marginal space irregularly 

 reddish cupreous, diffusedly reddish-bordered on the inner side. 

 Hind- wings white. 



Length of tlie body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



West Africa. 



Genus Anthophila, Ochs. 



Jnthophila 1 plana, 



Mas, — Albido-cervina, robusta, palpis validis ascendentibus 

 articulo 3o brevissimo, antennis ciliatis, pedibus posticis 

 longis robustis, alis fusco sub-conspersis linea marginali fusca, 

 alis anticis lineis duabus albidis obliquis sub-undulatis, la 

 antice obsoleta, spalio intermedio pallide fusco, alis posticis 

 linea exteriore fuscescente denticulata antice obsoleta. 



Male. — Whitish fawn-colour, stout. Palpi stout, obliquely as- 

 cending, not rising higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint extremely 



