LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1775 



Earias MARGINATA. 



Foem. Pallide aurato-flava ; palpi fusci, robusti, breves, vix 

 ascendentes, articulo 3o longi-conico ; abdomen album ; aim 

 anticce punctis duobus nigris, fascia marginali ceneo-fusca ; 

 postica alba. 



Female, Pale gilded-yellow. Body beneath and legs white. 

 Palpi brown, stout, hardly ascending, much shorter than the breadth 

 of the head ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Abdomen white. Fore legs brown. Fore 

 wings rectangular at the tips, with an aeneous-brown marginal band, 

 which is bordered on the inner side by a darker zigzag line ; two 

 black points in the disk, one nearer the interior border and much 

 nearer the base than the other ; exterior border slightly curved and 

 oblique. Hind wings white. Length of the body 3£ lines; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Earias simillima. 



Foem. Late viridis ; caput et thorax albo varia ; palpi albi, por- 

 recti, graciles, breves ; abdomen album ; aim antica costa alba; 

 posticce alba, ceneo marginatce. 



Female. Bright grass-green. Head and thorax partly white. 

 Palpi white, porrect, slender, not extending beyond the head; third 

 joint extremely small. Abdomen, hind wings and under side white. 

 Fore wings with a white costa. Hind wings aeneous along the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



Siam. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Genus SETOCTENA. 

 Setoctena, Wlgn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 144. 



Setoctena Ledereri. 

 Ledereri, Wlgn. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 144. 

 South Africa. 



