1702 CATALOGUE OF 



DOLOESSA VIRIDIS. 



viridis, Zl. his, 1848, 860. 



Java. 



Genus LEPHANA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi validi, 

 velutini, oblique ascendentes, verticem nou superantes; articulus 

 3us brevissimus. Abdomen subcompressuni, alas posticaa vix su- 

 perans. Pedes Iseves, robusti ; tibia? posticse subincrassats j cal- 

 caria lonjja, gracilia. Ala antics lata-, falcats, obtuse, costa liasi 

 subrotundato, apicem versus subconstricto, margine exteriore late 

 angulato, margine interiore penicillum longum einittente. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, velvelv, 

 curved, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; 

 third joint very short. Abdomen slightly compressed, hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, stout; hind "tibia* 

 slightly incrassated ; spurs long, slender. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings falcate, not acute ; costa slightly convex along the basal half, 

 slightly contracted for a short space beyond the middle; exterior 

 border forming a large obtuse angle in the middle ; interior border 

 emitting near the base a long peoicillate tuft; costal vein ending 

 at three-fourths of the length of the costa ; subcostal vein emitting 

 three very oblique veinlets to the costa and two veins to the exte- 

 rior border; median vein emitting four median veinlets or inferior 

 veins; first, second and third inferior veins nearly contiguous at the 

 base; fourth remote; submediau vein distinct. Hind wings with 

 the exterior border slightly bent at two-thirds of the length from 

 the tip; costal vein extending to the tip; subcostal vein forked at 

 half its length ; median vein emitting three inferior veins. 



Lephana tetraphorella. 



Foem. Purpureo-rufa ; caput et thorax anticus ochracea ; alee 



anticce nigra consprrsce, lituris quatuor saturate rufis, la 2auue 



antemediis, \a costali, '2a postica valde incisa, 3a Aaque costali- 



bus postmediis, gutta media nigra, lineis duabus iiigris, la 



conforta, 2a angulosa ; posticce fused, cervino marginatce. 



Female. Purplish red, ochraceous beneath. Head and fore 



part of the thorax bright ochraceous. Abdomen fawn-colour. Fore 



wings minutely black-speckled, with four deep red marks ; firs t 



