LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1973 



the base, and with a vitreous dot on the inner side of the vitreous 

 spot which is attenuated in front ; exterior border angular in the 

 middle. Hind wings with the exterior border slightly bidentate. 

 Length of the body 5 J- lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Fam. THERMESID,E, C. L. H. xv. 1545. 

 Genus THERMESIA, C. L. H. xv. 1560. 



Thermesia? scitula. 



Mas. Lateritia ; palpi graciles, vix ascendentes, capitis latitudine 

 longiores, articulo 3o lanceolato ; alee anticce nigro subcon- 

 spersce, lineis tribus angulosis fuscescentibus, Sa submarginali 

 indistincta, reniformi non excavata punctisque marginalibus 

 nigricantibus ; posticce ceneo-cinerece. 



Male. Brick-red, reddish cinereous beneath. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, hardly ascending, longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, a little shorter than the second. Antennae 

 minutely setulose. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft very small. Legs smooth. Fore wings acute, thinly and 

 minutely black-speckled ; three brownish zigzag lines; first line 

 antemedial ; second postmedial ; third submarginal, indistinct; 

 reniform mark blackish, not excavated, joining the inner side of the 

 second line; marginal points blackish; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex and oblique. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous. Length of the 

 body 4J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Genus HYPERNARIA, C. L. H. xv. 1613. 

 Hypernaria rudis, C L. H. xxxiii. 1081. 

 a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus RHiESENA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Fasciculus frontalis porrectus. 

 Palpi subarcuati, oblique ascendentes, verticem superantes ; articulus 

 2us subfimbiiatus; 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. An- 

 tennae setosae. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans, fasciculis 



