LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 447 



which the second is Dear the first and not very remote from the 

 third. 



The structure of the antennae and of the abdomen sufficiently 

 distinguish this genus from Hi/leora, to which it seems to have most 

 affinity. 



DuDUSA NOBILIS. 



Mas. Cervina ; thorax aniice albo marginatus, maculis duabus 

 pilisque penicillatis nigris ; abdomen pallidum, fusco bivit- 

 tatum, spatio apicali saturate fulvo, pilis apicalibus nigris 

 penicillatis pallidisque longissimis ; alee anticce pallide cer- 

 vince, ploAja coslali maxima albida lineas duas dentatas 

 fasciamque saturate cervinas iucludente, basi alba nigro tri- 

 punctata, plaga subbasali lineaque submarginali lunulisque 

 marginalibus obscure cervinis. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Thorax white in front and on each side; 

 two black spots on the disk ; hind part of the disk with erect penicil- 

 late black hairs. Abdomen pale fawn-colour, with two very broad 

 dark brown stripes, which are attenuated towards the tip; the latter 

 is dark fawn-colour, and the apical tuft is composed of black peni- 

 cillate and of much longer pale fawn-coloured hairs. Fore wings 

 pale fawn-colour, with a very large while costal patch, which con- 

 tains on each side a dentate dark fawn-coloured line, and emits two 

 undulating white lines to the interior border, and is traversed by an 

 oblique dark fawn-coloured band, which widens towards the interior 

 angle, and is traversed by an irregular oblique incomplete still 

 darker line ; a large dark fawn-coloured patch near the base, which 

 is white with three black points; marginal lunules dark fawn-colour, 

 partly double and whitish-bordered. Hind wings fawn-colour; a 

 broad short cinereous costal stripe containing a brown dot; marginal 

 lunules brown. Length of the body 20 lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



Genus PSAPHIDA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, 

 applicati, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us conicus. Antennae 

 subpectinatae. Abdomen lauceolatum, alas posticas non superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis parvus, subcompressus. Alae anticee elongatae, 

 apice subrotundatee, costa recta, margine exteriore recto perobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi obliquely as- 

 cending, applied to the head, much shorter than the face ; third 



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