LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1823 



Cervaria XYLINELLA. 



Mas. Obscure ferrugineo-f usca ; alee antica cervino varia, striga 

 nigra longitudinali, tinea exteriore arcuata e punctis nigris 

 elongatis, venis spatioque marginali nigricantibus albido con- 

 spersis ; postica fuscce. 



Male, Dark ferruginous-brown, brownish cinereous beneath. 

 Fore wings with a short slender longitudinal black streak in the 

 disk, which is partly fawn-colour; a postmedial outward-curved line 

 of elongated black, points on the veins ; the latter, like the space 

 along the exterior and interior borders and along the apical part of 

 the costa, blackish, with whitish speckles. Hind wings brown ; 

 fringe brownish cinereous. Length of the body 7 — 10 lines ; of the 

 wings 22—28 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



b. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsey. 



Genus PORSICA. 



Mas. Corpus robnstum. Frons valde convexa. Proboscis 

 brevissima. Palpi t \»rcuati, oblique ascendentes, verticetn non super- 

 antes, subtus dense fimbriati; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae 

 longiusculae, subpectinatae, sat graciles. Pectus lanuginosum. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas longe superans. Pedes sat validi, femoribus 

 breviusculis fimbriatis, tibiis tarsisque longis. Alae auticae sat an- 

 gustae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo ; posticae 

 lata?. 



Male. Body stout. Front very prominent. Proboscis very 

 short. Palpi curved, obliquely ascending, thickly fringed beneath, 

 not rising higher than the vertex; third joint very short. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated, rather long and slender. Pectus lanuginous. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately 

 stout; femora short, fringed ; tibiae and tarsi long. Wings long. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; costa hardly convex ; exte- 

 rior border convex, very oblique ; third inferior vein moderately 

 remote from the second. Hind wings broad. 



Poesica ingens. 



Mas. Cervina; caput nigricans; aim antica lineis quatuor cine- 

 reis angulosis nigro submarginatis, lunula media cinerea, 



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