LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 347 



caribusgue apice nigris ; alee anticce elongate, linea fusca 

 obliqua subrecta ; posticce albce, subhyalince. 



Male, Lemon-colour. Head and thorax with erect hairs. 

 Proboscis obsolete. Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, black above, 

 hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint acute, very minute. 

 Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen whitish, ochraceous at 

 the tip. Legs slender, pubescent ; spurs moderately long, with 

 black tips ; fore tibiae and fore tarsi black above. Wings ample. 

 Fore wings elongate, rounded at the tips, with a brown nearly straight 

 line, whieh extends from the middle of the interior border nearly to 

 the tips ; exterior border nearly straight, very oblique. Hind wings 

 whitish, slightly hyaline, extending beyond the abdomen. Length 

 of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



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



EUPROCTIS CONSOCIA. 



Foem. Ochracea ; caput et thorax pilis ereetis vestita ; palpi bre- 

 vissimi ; antennce subpectinatce ; abdomen apice nigricante 

 pilosum ; pedes graciles, iarsis posticis basi femoribus tibiisque 

 fimbriatis ; alee anticce elongates, mar -gine exterior •e per 'obliquo ; 

 posticce abdomen paullo superantes. 



Female. Ochraceous. Head and thorax with erect hairs. 

 Palpi very short. Antennas slightly pectinated. Abdomen clothed 

 with blackish hairs at its tip. Legs slender ; hind tarsi towards the 

 base, femora and tibiae fringed ; spurs moderately long. Wings 

 thinly clothed. Fore wings elongate, moderately broad, rounded at 

 the tips ; exterior border convex, very oblique, Hind wings extend- 

 ing a little beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 5^ lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



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



EUPROCTIS COMBINATA. 



Mas. Pallide citrino, ; corpus pilosissimum ; caput flavum ; pro- 

 boscis brevissima, gracillima ; palpi caput non superantes, 

 articulo 3o conico minimo ; antennce albidce, ramis cervinis; 

 abdomen apice ochraceum ; pedes breves, femoribus ochraceis, 

 tibiis posticis calcaribus duobus apicalibus brevissimis ; alee 

 anticce fusco conspersai. 



