LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1913 



Parorgyia BASIFLAVA. 

 basi flava, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. 333. 

 Pennsylvania. 



Genus LAGOA, C. L. H, vii. 1759. 



Lagoa crispata. 



opercularis, C. L. H. vii. 1760 — crispata, Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Phil. iv. 335. 



Genus AROA, C. L. H. iv. 791. 

 Aroa alba. 

 alba, Bremer, Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pet. iii. 478. 

 Ussuri. 



Aroa flava. 

 flava, Bremer, Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pet. iii. 478. 

 Ussuri. 



Genus ARTAXA, C. L. H. iv. 794. 



Art AX A CONFUSA. 



confusa, Bremer, Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pet. iii. 478. 



Ussuri. 



Artaxa megaxantha. 



Mas. Ochracea ; palpi nigri, brevissimi ; abdominis fasciculus 

 apicalis albidus. 



Male. Ochraceous. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi black, extremely 

 short. Antennae short, very broadly pectinated. Abdomen shorter 

 than the interior border of the hind wings ; apical tuft whitish, very 

 small. Legs short, fringed with long hairs to the tips of the tarsi. 

 Wings broad, with no markings. Fore wings slightly acute; exte- 

 rior border convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 22 lines. 



The larger size, the deeper colour and the shorter antennae dis- 

 tinguish this species from A. varians. 



Batchian. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



