256 Mr. F, Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidopiera 



beyond the hind-wings. Legs moderately long and stout ; hind- 

 tibise with four long approximate spurs. Wings elongate, entire, 

 moderately broad. Fore-wings hardly acute ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border convex, very oblique. 



Blera ceruroides. 

 Fcem. — Albido-cinerea, antennis fulvis, abdomine consperso, 

 alis anticis nigro et ferrugineo-rufo conspersis, lineis duabus 

 transversis angulatis indeterminatis, strigis submarginalibus 

 obliquis, alis posticis extus conspersis. 



Female. — Whitish-cinereous. Antennae tawny. Abdomen 

 speckled with reddish-ferruginous, and towards the tip with 

 black. Fore-wings with black and ferruginous-red speckles ; 

 the latter hue most prevalent on the under-side ; some of the 

 black speckles forming two transverse, irregular, angular lines, 

 and a row of oblique submarginal streaks. Hind-wings thickly 

 speckled exteriorly with ferruginous-red. 



Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Genus LucA, n. g. 



Mas. — Corpus robustum. Caput et thorax dense pilosa. 

 Fasciculus frontalis productus. Proboscis brevis, tenuis. 

 Palpi porrecti, graciles, caput vix superantes ; articulus 2us 

 subtus dense pilosus ; 3us minimus. Antenna? longiusculae, 

 fasciculis minimis munitae. Abdomen alas posticas longe 

 superans. Pedes breves, robusti, dense pilosi. Alse spissse, 

 elongates, integrse, anticse apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 convexo perobliquo. 



Male. — Body stout. Head and thorax densely pilose. Frontal 

 tuft prominent. Proboscis short, feeble. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 hardly extending beyond the head ; 2nd joint densely pilose 

 beneath ; 3rd very minute. Antennae rather long ; each joint 

 furnished with a very minute tuft. Abdomen extending far 

 beyond the hind-wings. Legs short, stout, densely pilose. Wings 

 stout, elongate, entire, not broad. Fore-wings somewhat rounded 

 at the tips ; costa straight ; exterior border convex, very oblique. 



Luca herbida. 



Mas, — Herbida, capite thoraceque viridescente ochraceis, ab- 

 domine fuscescente cinereo basi ochraceo, alis anticis all)o-no- 

 laiis lineis nonnullis saturatioribus transversis undulaiis, lineis 



