LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1839 



side at the tip ; apical appendages rather large. Legs slender ; 

 tibiae with a long fringe; spurs long, slender. Wings elongate, 

 rather narrow; fringe long. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa 

 with a short fringe towards the tip ; exterior border very oblique. 

 Hind wings with the fringe very long towards the base. 



Ventia reversella. 



Mas. Flavescente-alba ; alee subtus cervino conspersce ; anticce 

 atomis nonnullis marginalibus pallide cervinis ; posticce cenece. 



Male. Yellowish white. Wings thickly speckled with fawn- 

 colour beneath. Fore wings with a few pale fawn-coioured speckles 

 along the costa and about the exterior border. Hind wings aeneous. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 8£ lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus NGEZA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Facies plana. Proboscis brevis. 

 Palpi arcnati, capitis latitudine quadruplo longiores; articulus 2us 

 densissime fasciculatus; 3us setiformis, 2o longior. Antennae gra- 

 cillimae, subcrenulatae, alis anticis non breviores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas dimidio superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes 

 longi, graciles ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae anticae acutae, sat 

 angustae, costa convexa. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Face flat. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 curved, full four times longer than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint most densely tufted ; tuft beneath much longer than that 

 above ; third setiform, longer than the second. Antennae very 

 slender, minutely crenulated, as long as the fore wings. Abdomen 

 extending for half its length beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 

 very small. Legs long, slender; spurs long, slender. Wings rather 

 narrow. Fore wings acute ; costa convex for more than half the 

 length from the base ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately 

 oblique. 



N(EZA telegraphella. 



Mas. Obscure rufescens ; caput antice argenteo- album ; abdomen 

 nigricante-cinereum ; alee antica vitta costali pallidiore, linea 

 costali postmedia atra argenteo notata y linea subcostali post- 

 media argenteo-alba ; posticce nigricante-cinerece. 



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