LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 231 



tbe length of the second. Antennas brown, very minutely setulose. 

 Pectus, legs and abdomen, except the tip of the latter, cinereous- 

 brown. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border convex, 

 very oblique. Hind wings very pale yellowish cinereous. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida PfeifFer's collection. 



LlTHOSIA NITENS. 



Mas. Lutea, nitida ; palpi caput non superantes ; antenna fuscce, 

 subsetulosce ; pedes antici fusci ; aim anticce apice rotundatce ; 

 posticce flavce. 



Male. Luteous, shiniug. Palpi not extending beyond the 

 head. Antennae brown, very minutely setulose. Fore legs mostly 

 brown. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. Hind wings yellow. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of tbe wings 12 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



LlTHOSIA ALBIDULA. 



Mas. Flavescente-alba ; caput, thorax antice, pectus et abdomen 

 subtus pallide lutea ; caput latum ; palpi brevissimi ; antennce 

 subsetulosa; pedes antici fusci; alee anticce subacutce, costa 

 pallide lutea. 



Male. Yellowish white. Head, fore part of the thorax, pectus, 

 legs, under side and apical tuft of the abdomen pale luteous. Head 

 broad. Palpi extremely short. Autennae very minutely setulose. 

 Fore femora and fore tibiae above and fore tarsi brown. Fore wings 

 slightly acute ; costa pale luteous ; exterior border hardly convex, 

 rather oblique. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 



LlTHOSIA ASPERATELLA. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; palpi brevissimi ; antennce setosce ; 

 alee anticce apice rotundata, atomis nonnullis guttaque costali 

 fuscis ; posticce albidce. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour. Palpi very short. Antennae 

 setose. Hind tibiae with moderately long spurs. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips, with a few very minute brown speckles, and with a brown 



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