LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1799 



TOSPITIS SUCCESSANA. 



Mas. Aurato-flava ; caput et thoracis tegulce antica argenteo- 

 alba ; palpi porrecti, breves, graciles ; alee anticce fasciis duabus 

 purpuras centibus latissimis albo marginatis ; posticce ceneo- 

 cinerece. 



Male. Gilded yellow, paler beneath. Head and fore tegulae 

 of the thorax silvery white. Palpi porrect, short, slender, not ex- 

 tending beyond the head. Antennae slender, minutely setulose. 

 Fore wings with two very broad white-bordered purplish bands ; 

 first band basal ; second postmedial ; costa and exterior border very 

 slightly convex, the latter slightly oblique. Hind wings aeneous- 

 cinereous. Length of the body 2 -J lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Ceram. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus TORDA, C. L. H. xxviii. 436. 



TORDA MELANOSPILA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rvfa ; palpi oblique ascendentes, capitis latitu- 

 dine breviores ; articulo So conico ; tibice intermedia nigro 

 fasciculatce ; tarsi intermedin albidi, basi nigro fas ciculati ; 

 alee anticce la tissima, fascia antemedia albida angusta subundu- 

 lata postice dilatata, linea postmedia ferruginea recta obliqua 

 cinereo marginata, puncto intermedio nigricante ; postica? 

 fuscescentes, macula fusiformi magna atra albido marginata. 



Male. Ferruginous-red, cinereous-red beneath. Body fawn- 

 colour. Front prominent. Palpi obliquely ascending, applied to 

 the head, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint conical, not 

 more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae slender. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 moderately large. Legs stout; middle tibiae and middle tarsi 

 densely tufted with blackish hairs; middle tarsi whitish and bare 

 towards the tips. Wings very broad ; costa convex at the base, 

 where there is a large pouch; a narrow whitish slightly undulating 

 antemedial band, which is much dilated on the interior border ; a 

 postmedial straight oblique ferruginous line, which is cinereous- 

 bordered on the inner side; a blackish intermediate point in the 

 disk ; exterior border convex, slightly oblique. Hind wings brownish, 

 with a large fusiform deep black broadly whitish-bordered fspot near 

 the base. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. ' 



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