LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 277 



KCESELIA TUBERCULAL1S. 



tuberculalis, Mn. Wien. Mts. 1857, 148. 



Fam. THYMAEID^l. 

 This family is perhaps most nearly allied to the Psychida. 



Genus THYMARA. 



Thymara pa pil I on aria. 



Mas et foem. Ochracea, pilosissima ; alee dimidio apicali nigro 

 maculam ochraceam includente. Mas. — Antennae pectinate ; 

 alee posticce cauda longa. Fcem. — Antennae pilosce ; ales 

 posticce cauda longissima. 



Male and female. Ochraceous, very pilose. Proboscis and 

 palpi obsolete. Antenna? rather broadly pectinated in the male, 

 pilose in the female. Abdomen of the female thick. Tibiae without 

 spurs; tarsi with black tips. Apical half of the wings black, 

 including an ochraceous spot. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; 

 exterior border extremely oblique ; first and second inferior veins 

 approximate at the base ; third very remote from the second, and 

 equally remote from the fourth. Hind wings prolonged into a very 

 slender tail, which is much longer and more pilose in the female 

 than in the male. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 11 — 14 lines. 



East Africa. Discovered by Horace Waller, Esq. In Mr. Walker's 

 collection. . 



Fam. ARCTIID^. 



Genus ARCTIA. 



Arctia INTERCALARTS. 

 intercalaris, Ev. Bull. Mos. 1843, 544, pi. 10, f. 1. 



Arctia (Ertzeni. 

 (Ertzeni, Ld. Z. B. V. v. 201, pi. 2, f. 8, 9. 



Arctia rivularis. 

 rivularis, Men. H.-Sch. Lep. Eur. f. 160. 



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