LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 321 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, stout, 

 pubescent, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint conical, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae very minutely 

 serrated. Abdomen cylindrical, extending for nearly half its length 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; femora pilose ; hind tibiae with 

 four short spurs. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings nearly twice 

 longer than the hind wings, rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 extremely oblique ; third inferior vein more than twice further from 

 the fourth than from the second. 



iETHALIDA DISTINGUENDA. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput subtus rufum ; thorax maculis duabus late- 

 ralibus nigris albo marginatis ; abdomen nigrum, vittis duabus 

 maculas nigras includentibus fasciisque interrupts rufis; vitta 

 ventrali alba ; alee anticce maculis tribus albis ; posticce 

 maculis duabus costalibus Jlavis, gutta postica punctoque sub- 

 apicali ochraceis, 



Male. Dark brown. Head and palpi red beneath. Thorax 

 with a wide patch on each side in front of the fore wing, including 

 a black spot ; fore tegulae bordered with red. Abdomen black, with 

 red interrupted bands, which are dilated on each side and include 

 black spots ; under side with a broad white stripe. Femora striped 

 with red. Fore wings with three white spots ; first spot basal ; 

 second near the base ; third near the middle of the costa. Hind 

 wings with two yellow costal spots, the first much elongated ; an 

 ochraceous dot near the exterior border beyond the middle, and an 

 ochraceous subapical point. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



Menado, Celebes. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



E. NEWMAN, PRINTER, 9, DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE, N.E. 



