LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCEKA. 71 



Genus 11. LENYRA. 



Fcem. Color metallicus. Corpus robustum. Caput parvum. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, acuminati, caput sat superantes ; 

 articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antenna? clavatae, 

 subcapitatse, thorace paullo breviores. Thorax longiusculus. Ab- 

 domen cylindricum, thorace paullo longius. Pedes validi ; postici 

 dense fasciculati, calcaribus longis. Alee angustae, opacae ; anticaj 

 apud costam recta?, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Colour metallic. Body stout. Head small. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi porrect, acuminated, extending somewhat 

 beyond the head ; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of 

 the second. Antennae clavate, almost capitate, a little shorter than 

 the thorax, which is rather long. Abdomen cylindrical, not much 

 longer than the thorax. Legs stout ; hind legs thickly tufted ; 

 spurs long. Wings narrow, opaque. Fore wings straight in front, 

 a little broader towards the tips, which are rounded, extremely ob- 

 lique along the exterior border. 



I. LENYRA ASHTAROTH. 



Fcem. Cuprea ; caput nigrum, antice subtusque cyaneum ; an- 

 tennae nigra ; thoracis latera purpurea ; prothorax et pectus 

 virulia ; abdomen viride, basi purpureum ; pedes postici pilis 

 inter ioribus f err ngineis, fasciculis exterioribus viridibus, fas- 

 ciculo medio albo notato ; alee virides, anticce vitta cuprea. 



Trochilium Ashtaroth, Westw. MSS. 



Female. Head black, dark blue in front and beneath. An- 

 tennae and legs black. Thorax cupreous, purple on each side. 

 Prothorax and pectus green. Abdomen green, purple towards the 

 base. Hind legs with ferruginous hairs on the inner side, and with 

 thick tufts of dark green hairs on the outer side ; a few white-tipped 

 hairs in the middle tuft. Wings green. Fore wings with a bright 

 cupreous stripe, which widens outwards. Length of the body 

 9 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



