LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 21 



ECRECTTCA FASCTATA. 



Mas. Obscure cuprea ; antenna nigra : thorax margine antico 

 rufo; abdomen rufum, apice cupreum ; tibice postica luteo 

 fasciata ; tarsi postici basi lutei ; alee anticcB basi fasciaque 

 fiavescentibus. 



Male. Dark cupreous. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax 

 red on the fore border. Abdomen bright red, except towards the 

 tip. Hind tibiae with a luteous band towards the tips; hind tarsi 

 luteous at the base. Fore wings yellowish at the base, and with an 

 irregular yellowish band beyond the middle. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus COTJSNA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi 

 laeves, graciles, subascendentes, subarcuati, capitis latitudine non 

 Ion gi ores ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o brevior. Antennae setaceae, 

 glabrae, sat graciles. Abdomen subfusi forme. Pedes laeves, validi ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis robustis. Alae longae, 

 angustae, squamoso-vestitae, fimbria sat longa; anticae apice ro- 

 tundatae. 



Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis extremely short. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, slightly curved and ascending, not longer 

 than the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, shorter than 

 the second. Antennae setaceous, smooth, rather slender. Abdomen 

 slightly fusiform, extending for its whole leugth beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, stout ; spurs long and robust. Wings long, 

 narrow, wholly squamous and opaque ; fringe rather long. Fore 

 wings rounded at their tips; exterior border slightly convex, very 

 oblique. 



Cot^ena mediana. 



Cyanea; thorax ochraceus, margine antico cyaneo ; abdomen vitta 

 latissima ochracea postice abbrevvita ; alee purpurea; antica 

 basi ochracea; postica costa pallide auralo-Jlava. 



Female. Dark metallic-blue. Proboscis tawny. Thorax 

 bright orange, except in front. Abdomen with a broad bright 

 ochraceous stripe, which extends to half the length from the base, 

 where it occupies the whole breadth, but is confined to the disk 



