LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1743 
wings. Legs very slender; hind tibie with two extremely minute 
apical spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings almost straight in front, 
rounded at the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border ; 
second inferior vein much further from the third than from the 
first. 
1. NAaXa TEXTILIS. 
Mas. Candida; antenne albide; genua nigra; tibie apice 
nigre ; ale subnude, macula discali guttisque marginalrbus 
duplicatis nigris. ‘ 
Male. Pure white. Antenne whitish. Knees black. Tibie 
with black tips. Wings very thinly feathered, with a blackish spot 
on the tip of the discal areolet, and with two rows of blackish dots 
along the exterior border. Fore wings with three blackish dots near 
the base. Length of the body 6—8 lines; of the wings 16—22 
lines. : 
a, 6. Silhet.. From the Rev. J. Stainforth’s collection. 
e, d. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby’s collection. 
e,f. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
g. Silhet. From Mr. Stainforth’s collection. 
R) 
Genus ANTIPHELLA. 
Corpus sat validum. Caput et thorax densissime pilosa. Pro- 
boscis non conspicua. Palpi pilosi, brevissimi, Pedes validi; 
tibiz postice calcaribus duobus longiusculis apicalibus. Ale late ; 
antice apud costam vix convex, apice rotundate, margine exte- 
riure mediocriter obliquo. M/as.—Antenne mediocriter pectinate. 
Ale ample. /em.—Antenne subpectinate. 
Body moderately stout. Head and thorax thickly clothed with 
long hairs. Proboscis not visible. Palpi pilose, very short. An- 
tenne longer than the thorax. “Legs stout; hind tibiz with two 
rather long apical spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings hardly con-. 
vex in front, rounded at the tips; second inferior vein full four 
times further from the third than from the first; third much further 
from the fourth than from the second. Male——Antenne mode- 
rately pectinated. Wings ample. Female.—Antenne slightly 
pectinated. Spurs of the hind tibiz longer than those of the male. 
Wings smaller ; exterior border less oblique. 
This genus in the Synopsis, p. 778, comes between Pterolocera 
and Anthela, but is much more nearly allied to Lelia and to 
Leucoma. : 
