LEl'IDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1709 



media lata pallide ochracea ato.nis nigricantibus marginata, 

 macula costali postmedia nigricanle ; posticce aneo-albidee, 

 semihyalince. 



Female. Fawn-colour, stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 stout, erect, rising a little higher than the vertex ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, not more than one-eighth of the length of the second. Ab- 

 domen extending- much beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth. 

 Fore wings narrow, acute, with a broad pale ochraceous antemedial 

 band, which is bordered on both sides with blackish speckles ; a 

 blackish costal spot at three-fourths of the length; exterior border 

 with its hind part rounded and very oblique. Hind wings aeneous- 

 whitish, semihyaline. Length of the body 5^ lines; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Egypt. Presented by J. Burton, Esq. 



ACROBASIS CRYPTOLEL'CELLA. 



Mas. JEnea^ cinereo conspersa ; palpi subascendentes, subtus 

 albi, capitis latitudine non longiores, articulo So lanceolato ; 

 antenna validr, suhpubeseentrs ; altc anticce lutce, apice ro- 

 tundatcc ; posticce (cneo-cinerece, vitta alba costali. 



Male, iEueous, cinereous- speckled. Palpi squamous, slightly 

 ascending, white beneath, except towards the tips, not longer than 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, about one-third of 

 the length of the second. Antennae stout, minutely pubescent. 

 Pectus white. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout; tibiae with a white band; joints of the tarsi with white tips. 

 Wings rather broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior 

 border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings with a white costal 

 stripe, which does not extend to the tip. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



ACROBASIS RAMOSELLA. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo- cervina ; palpi graciles, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; antennce subpubes- 

 centes ; abdomen alas posticus paullo superans, fasciculo apicali 

 subcompresso ; alee anticce angustce, apice rotundata, vitta 

 costali cana abbreviata, striya transversa nigra, linea nigra 



