LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1805 



undulating, its apical part excavated ; exterior border nearly 

 straight, hardly oblique. 



Eboda smaragdinana. 



Fcem. Viridis ; abdomen fuscum ; alee anticce subtus rufescentes ; 

 posticce f usees. 



Female. Dull green. Body beneath and legs silvery white. 

 Abdomen and hind wings dark brown, the latter silvery white along 

 the costa. Fore wings dark reddish beneath. Length of the body 

 2\ lines ; of the wings 7 liues. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection, 



Genus GOBCEA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustuui. Frons convexa. Proboscis bre- 

 vissima. Palpi porrecti, squamosi, subfimbriati, capitis latitudine 

 vix breviores; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae robustse, 

 setulosas. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 parvus, subcompressus. Pe<les validi, glabri ; calcaria longa, gra- 

 cilia. Alae anticaj acutae, vix falcatae, margine exteriore subob- 

 liquo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Front prominent. Proboscis very 

 short. Palpi porrect, squamous, with a very short fringe above, 

 nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, not 

 more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae stout, 

 very minutely setuiose. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft small, slightly compressed. Legs stout, smooth; 

 spurs long, slender. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings acute, 

 hardly falcate; exterior border slightly oblique; second and third 

 inferior veins united near the base. 



GOBCEA COPIOSANA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; abdomen ochraceum ; alee anticce vittis chaly- 

 b(£ts y strigis quatuor argenteis, la angulata, 2a exteriore, 3a 

 Aaque costalibus obliquis postice approximatis ; postica och- 

 raceas. 



' Male. Ferruginous, dull ochraceous beneath. Abdomen and 

 bind wings dull ochraceous. Fore wings with four silvery streaks 

 and with some less distinct chalybeous stripes ; first streak angular, 



