LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1731 



Female. Hoary, body beneath, abdomen, legs and hind wings 

 white. Palpi slender, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint 

 linear, as long as the second. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 

 tips; three brown zigzag lines; first near the base; third post- 

 medial; a brownish costal patch beyond the third line and a 

 brownish* marginal band; a submarginal line of brown points; 

 marginal points black. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus SYMITHA. 



Fcem. Corpus robnstum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 validi, squamosi, capitis latitudine paullo longiores ; articulus 2us 

 supra (imbriatus ; 3us linearis, obtusus, 2o paullo longior. Pedes 

 glabri, breviusculi, sat robusti ; calcaria gracilia. Alae anticae lati- 

 usculag, apice rectangulatae, costa vix convexa, margine exteriore 

 subconvexo subobliquo. 



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

 squamous, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 fringed above ; third linear, obtuse at the tip, a little longer than 

 the second. Antennse rather slender. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather short and stout ; spurs 

 slender, moderately long. Wings rather broad. Fore wings rect- 

 angular at the tips; costa hardly convex; exterior border slightly 

 convex and oblique ; third inferior vein about twice further from the 

 fourth than from the second. 



This genus has most resemblance to Pardasena. It seems to 

 have much affinity to the Tortricites. 



Symitha nolalella. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; thorax nigricante fasciatus ; alee anticce nigri- 

 cante subconspersa, lineis tribus angulosis non conspersis 

 nigricante marginatis, punctis submarginalibus nigricantibus, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris, macula basali fasciaque ante- 

 media interrupta fuscis nonnunquam obsoletis, nebula antica 

 fuscescente. 



Female. Cinereous, paler beneath. Thorax with a blackish 

 band in front. Fore wings very minutely blackish-speckled ; three 



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