LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1S\9 



rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs stout, 

 smooth; hind tibiae with a long fringe; spurs long, stout. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 convex, very oblique. 



Edosa hemichrysella. 



Mas. Cuprea; caput ochraceo fasciculatum ; alee anticcB aurato- 

 Jlavce, basi et triente apicali cupreis. 



Male, Cupreous. Body beneath and legs silvery. Head 

 tufted with pale ochraceous hairs. Fore wings bright gilded yellow, 

 except at the base and on one-third of the surface from the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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



Genus BADERA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, glabrum, squamosum. Proboscis 

 brevis, gracilis. Palpi glabri, arcuati, ascendeutes, vertieem non 

 superantes; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o valde brevior. Antennae 

 latae, serratae, apice glabrae sat graciles, corpore paullo breviores. 

 Abdomen alas posticus satsuperans; fasciculus apicalis compressus, 

 minimus. Pedes robusti, glabri ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae 

 anticae latae, apice subrotundataj, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout, smooth, squamous. Proboscis short, 

 slender. Palpi smooth, curved, ascending, not rising higher than 

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

 Antennae a little shorter than the body, broad and serrated for three- 

 fourths of the length, smooth and rather slender from thence to the 

 tips. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft compressed, very small. Legs stout, smooth ; spurs long, 

 slender. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; 

 exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 



Badera pretiosa. 



Mas. Aurato-viridis, micans ; caput viride, subtus album ; an- 

 tenna, albo fasciatce ;\ \ alee anticce purpureo-cuprece, triente 

 basali fasciaque antemedia viridibus, linea media nigra ; 

 posticce cuprece, vitta fiavescente abbreviata. 



