LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA 395 



breviusculi, sat graciles ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae. Alaa anticae 

 lata?, elongatae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore subrecto 

 perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porreet, slender, 

 pubescent, extending much beyond the head, but shorter than the 

 breadth of the latter; third joint linear, about half the length of 

 the second. Antennae broadly pectinated. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft long, thick. Legs rather short 

 and slender; spurs long and slender. Wings broad. Fore wings 

 elongate, slightly rounded at the tips; exterior border nearly straight, 

 very oblique. 



The long palpi of this genus distinguish it from Artaxa^ to 

 which it is somewhat allied. 



Themaca comparata. 



Mas. Pallide flava ; abdomen fasciculo apicali ochraceo ; aim 

 anticts fascia obliqua indeterminata e atomis nonnullis nigris. 



Male. Pale yellow. Abdomen with an ochraceous apical tuft* 

 Fore wings with some black speckles, which form an incomplete 

 oblique band across the apical part of the discal areolet. Length of 

 the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by Capt. Strachey. 



Genus MUNYCHRYIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Prohoscis mediocris. Palpi validi, 

 dense pilosi, oblique ascendentes, verticem non attingentes ; articulus 

 3us minimus. Antennae pectinate. Abdomen subaltenuatum, alas 

 posticus paullo superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes bre- 

 viusculi, sat graciles ; femora late fimbriata ; calcaria parva. Alae 

 anticae latiuseulae, subacutae, margine exteriore subconvexo sat 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 stout, densely pilose, obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the 

 vertex; third joint very minute. Antennas moderately pectinated. 

 Abdomen tapering slightly from the base to the tip, extending rather 

 beyond the hiud wings; apical tuft small. Le«s rather short and 

 slender; femora fringed with long hairs; spurs short. Fore legs 

 very stout. Wings rather broad. Fore wings slightly acute ; costft 

 straight ; exterior border slightly couvex, rather oblique. 



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