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



Fam. ARCTIID^. 



Genus Addua, n. g. 



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

 graciles, brevissimi, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us mi- 

 nimus. Antennae subserratse. Abdomen laeve, alas posticas 

 vix superans. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae pilis longis fim- 

 briatae ; cakaria parva. Alae amplse ; anticae elongatse, vix 

 acutae, costa recta, margine exteriore sub- recto valde ob- 

 liquo. 

 Male. — Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 very short, not extending beyond the head ; 3rd joint very minute. 

 Antennae minutely serrated. Abdomen smooth, hardly extending 

 beyond the hind-wings. Legs rather slender ; tibiae fringed with 

 long hairs ; spurs small. Wings ample. Fore-wings elongated, 

 hardly acute ; costa straight ; exterior border almost straight, 

 very oblique. 



Addua inclusa. 



Mas. — Cervina, abdomine flavescente vitta fasciisque cervinis 

 subtus albidos apice fusco, alis anticis albidls testaceo-mar- 

 ginatis, macula vittaque extus nigro-marginata fuscis, plaga 

 subapicali diffusa cervina, alis posticis flavescente albis fusco 

 late marginatis. 

 Male. — Fawn-colour. Abdomen yellowish, with a fawn-coloured 

 band on the hind border of each segment, and a broad fawn- 

 coloured stripe ; under-side whitish, brown at the tip. Wings 

 semi-hyaline. Fore-wings whitish, bordered with pale testaceous ; 

 a brown spot on the interior part of the disk, and a brown stripe 

 on the interior border ; this stripe is obliquely abbreviated and 

 blackish-bordered exteriorly ; a diffuse fawn-coloured sub-apical 

 patch. Hind-wings yellowish white, with a broad brown border. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



Fam. LIPARID^. 



Genus Compsa, n. g. 

 Mas, — Corpus sat validum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi lati, 

 obtusi, dense pilosi, oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo 

 superantes; articulus 3us indistinctus. Antennae breves, 

 pectinatse. Abdomen lanceolatura, alas posticas vix supe- 

 rans. Pedes breves, robusti, pilosi. Al^ lata^, spissse, non 



