LEPIOOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1615 



Genus DERXENA. 



Mas et fam. Corpus gracillimum. Proboscis gracilis, longi- 

 uscula. Palpi glabri, graciles, porrecti, caput sat superantes ; 

 articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antenna? graciles. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes glabri, gracillimi ; 

 calcaria nulla ; tarsi longi. Alae tenues, elongatae ; antica? acuta?, 

 margine exteriore subcouvexo sat obliquo. 



Male and female. Body very slender. Proboscis slender, 

 rather long. Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, as long: as the breadth 

 of the head; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae slender, setulose in the male. Abdomen not ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft of the male very small. 

 Legs smooth, very slender; no spurs ; tarsi Ion":. Wings delicate, 

 elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, rather oblique. 



This genus has much affinity to the Acidalidce. 



Derxena ccelivagata. 

 Mas et fcem. PaUide carulea ; caput, corpus subtus pedesque 

 alba ; a/a semikyalinoe ; antica costa alba. 

 Male and female. Pale sky-blue. Head, body beneath and 

 legs white. Wings semihyaline ; costa of the fore wings white. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 

 Aru. Batchian. Mysol. New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' col- 

 lection. 



Fam. PALYADjE, C. L. H. xxii. 608. 

 Genus EUMELEA, C. L. H. xxii. 609. 



EUMELEA FERVIDARIA. 



Mas et fcem. Rufa ; ala nigra strigata, costa apice marginequt 

 exteriore luteis ; antica gulta lutea, margine exteriore sub- 

 truncato ; postica margine exteriore antico subtruncato tri- 

 dentato. 

 Male and female. Dull red. Body cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, slightly ascending, extending somewhat beyond 

 the head, shorter than the breadth of the latter; third joint elon- 

 gate-conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 



