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



Female. — Body moderately stout. Proboscis long, slender. 

 Palp i porrect, slender, very short, not extending so far as the 

 front; 3rd joint acute, extremely minute. Antennae slender, 

 simple, rather long. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the 

 hind-wings. Legs smooth, slender; hind-tibiae with lour long 

 spurs. Wings not broad. Fore-wings somewhat rounded at the 

 tips ; exterior border convex, rather oblique. 



Erysthia obliquata. 



Fcem. — Albida, squamosa, capite thoraceque antico fuscis, alis 

 anticis ex parte fuscis albo-trilineatis, linea la basali, 2a ob- 

 liqua, liturd discali lunulata obscur^ fusca, macula posticd 

 nigricante fusca. 



Female. — Iridescent whitish, squamous. Head above and fore- 

 border of the thorax brown. Thorax with brown-tipped plumes. 

 Fore-wings with three white lines; 1st line proceeding from the 

 base to the disk, parallel to the interior border, broadly and 

 diffusedly brown-bordered in front; 2nd line oblique, beyond the 

 dark brown lunulate discal mark, very broadly brown-bordered 

 on the outer side ; this brown hue mostly continued to the exterior 

 border, but intersected by the 3rd white line ; marginal points 

 brown ; a blackish-brown spot near the interior border between 

 the 2nd and 3rd lines. 



Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



Country unknown. 



Fam. PLUSID.E, Boisd. 

 Genus Radara, n.g. 



Mas. — Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus. Pro- 

 boscis distincta. Palpi compressi, caput longissim^ supe- 

 rantes. Antennae dense pubescentes. Abdomen cylindrlcum, 

 sub-carinatum, lateribus posticis fasciculatis. Pedes longi, 

 graciles ; tibia; posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 



. latiusculae ; anticse rectangulatse, costa intermedia sub- 

 depressa. 



Mole. — Body slender. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis dis- 

 tinct. Palpi long, compressed, extending very far beyond the 

 head ; 3rd joint lanceolate, shorter and more slender than the 

 2nd. Antennae thickly pubescent. Abdomen cylindrical, slightly 

 keeled, with minute tufts on each side towards the tip ; apical 

 tufts longer than the preceding pairs. Legs long, slender ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore-wings 



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