LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1765 



Argyria? DIVISELLA. 



Mas. Argenteo-alba ; caput supra ochraceum ; palpi capitis lati- 



tudine breviores; alee anticce fascia media angusta maculaque 



costali subapicali ochraceis, linea marginali cuprea. 



Male. Silvery white. Head ochraceous above. Palpi shorter 



than the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, minute. 



Antennae minutely setulose. Fore legs mostly gilded. Fore wings 



with a narrow ochraceous middle band, which is dilated at each 



end; an irregular ochraceous costal spot near the tip ; marginal line 



cupreous. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



In the structure of the palpi it differs much from the typical 

 species of Argyria. 

 o. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus ARAXES, C. L. H. xxvii. 192. 



Araxes famulella. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; palpi porrecti, lanceolati, capitis lalu 

 tudine multo longiores; antennce robustce, glabra ; alee anticce 

 acuta, lineis duabus obscurioribus obliquis indisiinctis costam 

 versus reflexis^yutta postmedia punctisque marginalibus nigris; 

 posticce albidce, linea marginali fuscescente. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, much longer 

 than the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, shorter than 

 the second. Maxillary palpi nearly half the length of the labial 

 palpi. Antennae stout, smoolh. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings acute; two indistinct darker oblique 



1 lines, much retracted near the costa ; a black dot in the disk beyond 



1 the middle, interrupting the first line ; marginal points black ; fringe 

 whitish, interliued with brownish ; exterior border slightly convex 



land oblique. Hind wings whitish; marginal line brownish. 



I Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



1 1. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



Genus AQUITA, C. L. H. xxvii. 200. 



Aquita CLAVIFERELLA. 



Mas. Albida ; palpi cervino vittati, capitis latitudine multo lon- 

 giores; thorax fusco bivittatus ; alee anticce vittis duabus fuscis 7 

 la costali, 2a abbreviata nigro marginata, vitta intermedia fusca 



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