LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCER.A. 197 



Country unknown. 



11. Z ON ILIA VaU. 



Viridi-cervina, subtus rufescens ; thoracis latera cinerea; abdomen 

 cinereum fasciis interruptis nigris ; alee subtus ferruginea* ; 

 alee anticce basi, margine exteriore maculaque costali purpu- 

 rascentibus, necnon litura V argentea discali ; posticce basi 

 purpurascentes . 



Greenish fawn-colour, reddish beneath. Sides of the thorax 

 cinereous. Abdomen cinereous, with interrupted black bands, 

 Wings ferruginous beneath. Fore wings obliquely purplish on full 

 one-third of the surface from the base, and irregularly purplish 

 along the exterior border ; a purplish costal spot, behind which 

 there is a discal V-shaped silvery mark. Hind wings purplish 

 towards the base. Length of the body 14 lines ; of the wings 

 28 lines. 



Genus 26. ORYBA. 



Corpus crassum. Proboscis longa. Palpi breves, crassi, as- 

 cendentes. Abdomen thorace non duplo longius. Pedes validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor breviusculis. Alae longae, sat an- 

 gustae ; antice apud costam vix convexae, apice peracutae, margine 

 exteriore perobliquo subundulato, angulo interiore acuto ; posticae 

 apice rotundatee. 



Body thick. Proboscis long. Palpi short, thick, ascending. 

 Abdomen rather less than twice the length of the thorax. Legs 

 stout ; hind tibiae with four rather short spurs. Wings long, rather 

 narrow. Fore wings hardly convex in front, very acute at the tips ; 

 exterior border very oblique, slightly undulating ; interior angle 

 acute. Hind wings rounded at the tips. 



1. ORYBA EOBUSTA. 



Obscure viridis, subtus ockracea ; abdomen maculis lateralibus 

 luteis nigrisque ; alee extus ferrugineo-fuscce, antics fasciis 

 tribus angustis nigricantibus. 



Dark green, orange beneath. Abdomen with luteous and 

 black spots on each side. Wings ferruginous-brown exteriorly. 



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