LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA., Fan 
Male. Testaceous. Head and fore part of the thorax some- 
what tawny. Palpi brownish above. Abdomen pale brownish 
above, with a slender interrupted darker stripe along each side. 
Fore wings with a slender very slightly curved tawny stripe, extend- 
ing along the whole length, and with three very oblique bands of 
tawny dots. Hind wings very pale brown above. Length of the 
body 8 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 
Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Genus EDEBESSA. 
Fom. Corpus robustum. Preoboseis non conspicua. Palpi 
brevissimi. Antenne subpectinate, thorace paullo longiores. Ab- 
domen alas posticas superans, apice dense lanuginosum. Pedes 
validi; tibia postice calcaribus duobus minimis apicalibus. Ale 
antice longiuscule, sat anguste, apud costam subconvexe ; apice 
Vix acuminate, mMargine exteriore perobliquo. 
Munch resembles the genus Anodonta. Female.—Body stout. 
Proboscis not visible. Palpi very short. Antenne minutely pecti- 
nated, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending rather 
beyond the hind wings, thickly lanuginose at the tip. Legs stout ; 
hind tibie with two very minute apical spurs. Fore wings rather 
long and narrow, very slightly convex in front, hardly acuminated 
at the tips, extremely oblique along the exterior border; second in- 
ferior vein more than twice further from the third than from the 
first ; third more than twice further from the fuurth than from the 
second. 
1. EDEBESSA PURENS. 
Fem. Rufa; antenne nigre ; thorax fascia antica vittisque 
duabus nigris, pilts nonnullis albis clavatis; abdomen fus- 
cum; ale antice fusce, marginibus luteo rufis nigrisque albo 
conspersis. 
Female. Bright red. Antenne black. Thorax with some 
white clavate hairs, with a black band in front, and with a black 
stripe on each side. Abdomen brown at the tip. Fore wings 
brown, mostly bordered with white-flecked black, and also with 
luteous-red. Hind wings with a luteous fringe; hind part of the 
exterior border with a black fringe. Length of the body 8 lines; 
of the wings 22 lines. 
a. Rio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
