LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1643 



numerous transverse minute cinereous streaks, some of which form 

 an oblique very indistinct band ; marginal line brown, very slender. 

 Fore wings acute ; costa slightly rounded ; exterior border nearly 

 straight, rather oblique. Hind wings with three black marginal 

 points, two in front and behind the acute angle, which is accom- 

 panied by a lanceolate black dot. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



Siam. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus EROSIA, C. L. H. xxiii. 834. 

 Erosia quadricaudata, C. L. H. xxiii. 847. 

 Erosia Varisaria, C. L. H. xxiii., 848. 



Erosia candidaria. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi porrecti, supra cervini, caput paullo superantes, 

 articulo So lineari ; abdomen cervino quinque fasciatum ; aim 

 anticm costa fusco ct cervino conspersa, puncto medio, gutta 

 media, gutta poslica punctisque quatuor submarginalibus 

 nigris ; posticce bidentata, gutta media guttaque postica nigris, 

 linea marginali cervina undulata, strigis quatuor ochraceis, 

 4a ramos quatuor emittente. 



Male. White. Palpi porrect, slender, fawn-colour above, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint linear, less than 

 half the length of the second. Antennae broadly pectinated. Ab~ 

 domen with five fawn-coloured bands. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi 

 brown above. Wings broad. Fore wings acute ; costa minutely 

 speckled with brown and with fawn-colour ; a black antemedial 

 point in the disk and four black points near the exterior border ; a 

 black postmedial dot in the disk and another near the interior 

 border ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind 

 wings acutely bidentate ; a black dot in the disk and another on the 

 hind side of the first tooth ; four ochraceous streaks proceeding from 

 the interior border ; fourth broader than the others, dilated near the 

 first tooth, and emitting four slender lines ; a fawn-coloured undu- 

 lating marginal line between the teeth. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection, 



