LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 853 



maxillares bene determinati. Antennae breves, compressap, submo* 

 nilifonnes. Abdomen alas poslicas superans, apice subeompvessum. 

 Pedes glabri, longiusculi, sat graciles. Ala3 acutae, sat angustae ; 

 anticae subfalcatae ; posticae lituris nullis, margine exteriore subun- 

 dulato. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis short, delicate. Palpi por- 

 rect, slightly pilose, not broad, a little shorter than the thorax ; third 

 joint lanceolate, not more than one-third of the length of the second. 

 Maxillary palpi very distinct. Antennae short, compressed, sub- 

 mon iliform. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings, 

 slightly compressed at the tip. Legs smooth, rather long and 

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

 subfalcate, irregularly marked. Hind wings without markings ; 

 exterior border slightly undulating. 



This genus seems to be allied to Cyclopteryx, which it resembles 

 in the elegance of the markings of its wings. 



1. Chalestra Podaresalis. 



Mas. Cervina; palpi subtus albi ; pectus antice niveum ; tarsi 

 albi ; alee anticce lineis duabus argenteis nigricante marginatis, 

 la biangulata, 2a postice arcuata, litura discali perobliqua ar- 

 gentea nigricante marginata ; posticce albce, fascia marginali 

 diffusa pallide cervina. 



Male. Fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Palpi and tibiae 

 beneath and tarsi white. Pectus pure white in front. Fore wings 

 with two silvery white blackish-bordered lines, which are very oblique 

 hindward ; the interior one forming two acute angles towards the 

 costa ; the exterior one curved hindward and approaching the inte- 

 rior angle, thence proceeding direct to the costa; a very oblique 

 silvery white blackish-bordered discal mark. Hind wings white, 

 with a diffuse pale fawn-coloured border. Length of the body 5 

 lines; of the wings 11 lines. 



Cape. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



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Genus LUCERIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi longi, 

 compressi, angulati ; articulus 2us porrectus, latus, pilosus ; 3us 



