LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



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cylindrical, about half the length of the second. Antenna? very 

 broadly pectinated, simple towards the tips. Abdomen with a quad- 

 rate apical tuft. Legs short, stout ; hind tibiae not incrassated. 

 Wings ample, fringe short; interior angle prominent. Fore wings 

 subfalcate ; costa slightly convex; exterior border rather oblique, 

 hardly convex. Hind wings extending far beyond the abdomen. 



This type has a resemblance to Gynopteryx, but differs widely 

 from that genus in some characters. 



Decetia Capetusaria. 

 Mas. Rufescente-cinerea ; alee fusco conferle strigatce, subtus 

 cinerece innotatce, linea recta obtiqua ferruginea, fascia exte- 

 riore fuscescente informi interrupta valde diffusa etindistincta^ 

 puncto discali fusco, fimbria ferruginea ; antica? linea apud 

 costam angulala, punctis paucis aniicis submarginalibus indis- 

 tinctis albidis nigro notatis, 



Male. Reddish cinereous. Winos thickly, minutely and trans- 

 versely brown-streaked ; under side cinereous, without markings ; a 

 straight oblique ferruginous line, beyond which there is an irregular 

 interrupted and very diffuse and indistinct brownish band; fringe 

 ferruginous ; a brown discal point. Fore wings with the line retracted , 

 and forming an acute angle near the costa ; a few indistinct whitish 

 black-marked submarginal points in front. Length of the body 6 

 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



b. Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



c. ? Presented by E. Dotvbleday, Esq. 



Genus TACPARIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Frons subconvexa, fasciculo 

 brevi acuto. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, subascendentes, caput 

 vix superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antenna? sat valida?, 

 subpubescentes. Abdominis fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes 

 validi ; tibiae posticse incrassatae. Alae amplae, margine exteriore 

 convexo; anticae subfalcatae, costa vix convexa, margine exteriore 

 subobliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Front slightly convex, with a 

 short acute tuft. Proboscis short. Palpi short, slightly ascending, 



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