1 06 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera 



Fam. AMPHIGONID^, Gu6n. 



Genus Episparis. 



Episparis, Cat. Lep. Het. 3rd Ser. 475, 1712. 



Episparis exprimens. 



Mas. — Ochracea, subtus albida, fascicule frontal! producto, 

 tibiis posticis densissime fasciculatis, alarum lineis tribus ob- 

 scurioribus sub-obsoletis, lined sub-marginali alba tntus e 

 atomis albis diffuse marginata, orbiculari parvd nigricante 

 fusca, alis anticis lineA interiore angulata, renifornii alba 

 hyalind. 



Male. — Ochraceous, whitish beneath. Frontal tuft prominent. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending ; 3rd joint conical, hardly one-fourth of 

 the length of the 2nd. Antennae moderately pectinated to three- 

 fourths of the length ; hind-tibiae most densely tufted. Wings 

 with three almost obsolete darker ochraceous lines ; a white sub- 

 marginal line, which is curved in front, and forms one angle in 

 each wing, and is diffusely bordered with white speckles on the 

 inner side; orbicular mark small, blackish-brown. Fore-wings 

 with an abruptly angular interior white line, with elongated white 

 marks along the costa, and with a white, hyaline, reniform mark, 

 which is curved and attenuated in front. Hind-wings with an 

 exterior rectangular white line. 



Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Hindostan. 



Fam. THERMESID^, Guen. 



Genus Thermesia, Hiibn, 



Thermesia 1 ahsumens. 



Mas. — Rufescente-cinerea, palpis longissimis, articulo 2o fas- 

 eiculato, alis latis, linea exteriore recti cinerea intus ferru- 

 gineo-marginata costam versus angulata, margine exteriore 

 vix angulato, alis anticis sub-falcatis, reniformi magna atri 

 excavata. 



Male. — Reddish-cinereous. Palpi ascending, nearly twice the 

 length of the breadth of the head ; 3rd joint much shorter than 

 the 2nd, tufted above. Antennae slender, simple. Wings broad, 

 with a cinereous straight exterior line, which is ferruginous-bor- 

 dered on the inner side, and is abruptly angular towards the costa 

 of the fore-wings; exterior border hardly angular. Fore-wings 



