LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1955 



mostly rosy ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind 

 wings pure white ; subcostal and median veins slightly rosy. Length 

 of the body 6£ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Flores. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Letjcania ficta. 



Mas. Albido-cervina ; abdomen alas posticas sat superans ; alee 

 anticce acuta, lineola transversa postmedia e punctis quinque 

 nigris,punctis marginalibus atris bene determinatis. 



Male. Whitish fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, pubescent, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the head ; third joint minute. Antenna? 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft small, slightly compressed. Legs smooth ; spurs long, 

 slender. Fore wings acute; a short transverse postmedial line 

 composed of five black points; marginal points deep black, round, 

 distinct; exterior border convex, moderately oblique; under side 

 slightly brownish, with a brown spot in the disk. Hind wings 

 slightly paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of 

 the wings 11 lines. 



Flores. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus PALLEOPA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi por- 

 recti, graciles; articulus 2us pilosus ; 3us linearis, gracillimus, 2i 

 dimidio non brevior. Thorax et pectus dense pilosa. Abdomen 

 alas posticas superans; fasciculus apicalis longus. Pedes longius- 

 culi ; femora fimbiiata. Alae anticae longae, sat angustae, margine 

 exteriore convexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 porrect, slender, little longer than half the breadth of the head; 

 second joint pilose ; third linear, much more slender than the second, 

 and about half its length. Antennae slightly pectinated. Hind 

 tegulae of the thorax with very long hairs. Pectus densely pilose. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings, much more 

 slender than the thorax; apical tuft elongate. Legs rather long, 

 moderately stout; femora fringed with long hairs; spurs long, rather 

 slender. Wings long. Fore wings acute, rather narrow ; exterior 

 border convex, very oblique ; a false vein or fold in each space 

 between the veins near the exterior border; three inferior veins; 

 third remote from the second. 



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