LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. . - | £688 
Genus TERMESSA. 
Mas et fem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis capitis latitudine 
paullo longior. Palpi ascendentes; articulus 3us longi-conicus. 
Antenne graciles, corporis dimidio multo longiores, marzs subsetose, 
feemine vix setose. Pedes graciles; tibie postice calcaribus qua- 
tuor longis. Ale late; antice apud costam vix convex, apice 
subrotundatz, margine exteriore subobliquo; postice abdomen 
superantes. 
Body slender. Proboscis rather longer than the breadth of the 
head. Palpi ascending; third joint elongate-conical, about one- 
third of the length of the second. Antenne slender, much more 
than half the length of the body, minutely setose in the male, 
hardly setose in the female. Abdomen not extending so far as the 
hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibie with four long spurs. Wings 
broad. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, somewhat rounded 
at the tips, slightly oblique along the exterior border; second infe- 
rior vein nearly as far from the first as from the third; third about 
four times further from the fourth than from the second. 
1. TERMESSA LETA. 
Mas et fem. Lutea; palpi nigri; ale antice albide, fasctis 
quatuor nigro-fuscis, postice nigro-fusco bimaculate. Mas.— 
Thorax nigro-fuscus, albido bivittatus. Foem.— Thorax albi- 
dus, fascia antica nigro-fusca; ale postice macula apud 
marginem intertorem nigro-fusca. 
Male and female. Luteous. Proboscis tawny. Palpi and 
antenne black. Anterior legs partly black. Fore wings mostly 
whitish, with four dark brown bands; first band basal; second and 
third slightly zigzag; fourth apical. Hind wings with two dark 
brown spots; one near the interior angle, larger than the other 
which is near the tip of the costa. Male.—Thorax blackish brown, 
with two whitish stripes. Third and fourth bands of the fore wings 
connected by three or four streaks. emale-——Thorax whitish, with 
a blackish brown band in front. Bands of the fore wings narrower 
than in the male; first and fourth bands abbreviated hindward ; 
fourth separate from the third, or united to it by a single streak. 
Hind wings with a blackish brown spot on the interior border. 
Length of the body 4—5 lines; of the wings 12—14 rae 
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