LEPIDOPTEKA HETEEOCEBA, 1773 



EAR IAS BIPLAGA. 



Mas, Pallide viridis ; palpi porrecti, rufescentes, subtus albi, 

 articulo So lanceolate* ; abdomen albidum; aloe anticce macula 

 postica fusca obliqua elongata rhomboidali, fimbria fusca; 

 posticce albce. 



Male. Pale grass-green. Body beneath and legs white. Palpi 

 porrect, reddish, mostly white beneath, shorter than the breadth of 

 the head; third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen whitish, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with a 

 large brown rhomboidal spot, which extends obliquely from the 

 middle of the interior border to rather beyond the middle of the 

 breadth ; fringe brown ; exterior border straight, slightly oblique. 

 Hind wings white. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



Earias PUSTULIFERA. 



Mas. Lcete viridis ; caput pallide flavum^ ochraceo b\f 'as datum ; 

 palpi porrecti, graciles, albidi, ochraceo varii, articulo 3o lan- 

 ce o la to ; thoracis tegulce anticce pallide fiavce, ochraceo reticu- 

 latce ; abdomen pallide ceneo-cinereum ; alee anticce macula 

 basali alba ochraceo marginata, costa albida basi fusca ; pos- 

 ticce albce. 



Male. Vivid green. Body beneath and legs white. Head 

 pale yellow, with two orange bands. Palpi whitish, varied with 

 orange, porrect, smooth, slender, shorter than the breadth of the 

 head; third joint lanceolate, not more than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Fore tegulae of the thorax pale yellow, divided into 

 orange-bordered compartments. Abdomen pale aeneous-cinereous, 

 extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with a 

 white orange-bordered basal spot; costa whitish, brown towards the 

 base. Hind wings white. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 



