LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 271 



Genus AUAXA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat validum. Frons plana. Proboscis brevis. 

 Palpi breves, graciles, porrecti, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us 

 minimus. Antennae validae, glabrae, subcompressae. Pedes glabri. 

 Alae amplae, margine exteriore subdentato ; anticae subfalcatae, costa 

 couvexa, margine exteriore vix convexo ; posticae abdomen longe 

 superantes, margine exteriore vix flexo. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Front flat. Proboscis 

 sbort. Palpi sbort, slender, porrect, not extending beyond the 

 head ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae stout, smooth, 

 somewhat compressed. Legs smooth. Wings very ample ; exte- 

 rior border very slightly scolloped or dentate. Fore wings subfal- 

 cate ; costa convex ; exterior border hardly convex, moderately ob- 

 lique. Hind wings extending far beyond the abdomen ; exterior 

 border indistinctly bent ; interior angle prominent. 



Auaxa Cesadaria. 



Fcem. Flava ; palpi ochracei ; alee linea recta obliqua oekracea, 

 fimbria ochracea, fusco notata ; anticce spatio marginali sub- 

 ochraceo. 



Female. Yellow. Palpi ochraceous. Wings with a straight 

 ochraceous line, which extends from near the tip of the costa of the 

 fore wings to the middle of the interior border of the hind wings ; 

 fringe ochraceous, with brown marks on the denticulations. Fore 

 wings tinged with ochraceous between the line and the exterior 

 border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



China. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus DANALA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Frons plana. Proboscis brevis. 

 Antennae pubescentes. Palpi graciles, oblique ascendentes, caput 

 non superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae pubes- 

 centes. Pedes glabri, breviusculi; femora carinata; tibiae inter- 

 mediae subarcuatae ; tibiae posticae incrassatae. Alae amplae, spissae, 

 margine exteriore angulato, vix dentato ; posticae marginis exterioris 

 angulo anguloque interiore quadratis. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Front flat. Proboscis 

 short. Palpi slender, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the 



