LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 385 



hairs; apical tuft short. Legs stout; femora and tibiae fringed; 

 hind tibiae with four loug stout spurs. Wings broad, dense, slightly 

 elongated. Fore wings slightly rounded at^the tips; exterior border 

 convex, slightly oblique. 



CONTHEYLA VESTITA. 



Mas. Subochraceo-fusca ; caput, pectus, abdomen, pedes alteque 

 posticce cinerea ; alee anticce lineis duabua nigris transversis 

 dentatis diffusis costam versus abb reviatis, fascia submarginali 

 macutari argenteo-cinerea nigricante submarginata apud cos- 

 tam dilatata. 



Male. Brown, slightly tinged with ochraceous. Head, pectus, 

 abdomen, legs and hind wings cinereous. Fore wings with two black 

 transverse diffuse dentate lines, which are abbreviated towards the 

 costa; a subinarginal macular silvery cinereous slightly blackish- 

 bordered band, which is dilated towards the costa; fringe pale 

 ochraceous, slightly interlined with blackish. Hind wings with a 

 pale ochraceous fringe. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 J 6 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



Genus CYNOSARGA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Caput et thorax pilis longis dense 

 vestita. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, brevissimi, pilosissimi. 

 Antennae sub pectin atae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans; 

 fasciculus apicalis densissimus. Pedes robusti, pilis longis fim- 

 briati ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis validis. Alae latae, 

 spissae, subelongatae ; anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 convexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body very stout. Head and thorax densely clothed 

 with long hairs. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, very short and 

 pilose. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very thick. Legs stout; femora 

 and tibiae fringed with long hairs ; hind tibiae with four long stout 

 spurs. Wings broad, dense, slightly elongated. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips; exterior border convex, rather oblique. 



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