LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 457 



Genus SPHETTA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis nulla. Palpi crassi, 

 oblique aseendentes, verticem adaequantes ; articulus 2us dense 

 vestitus ; 3us conicus. Antennae setulosae, breviusculae. Abdomen 

 subcompressum, alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus apicalis 

 parvus, coinpressus. Pedes laeves, breves, sat graciles; tibiae 

 posticae quadricalcaratae. Alae anticae latae, breviusculae, apice 

 subrotundatae, margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi very 

 stout, obliquely ascending, rising full as high as the vertex ; second 

 joint thickly clothed with short hairs beneath ; third conical, cot 

 more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 minutely setulose, rather short. Abdomen slightly compressed, 

 extending much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, com- 

 pressed. Legs smooth, short, rather slender ; hind tibiae with four 

 long slender spurs. Wings broad. Fore wings rather short, slightly 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border slightly convex, very slightly 

 oblique. 



Sphetta apicalis. 



Mas, Cervina ; abdomen subfuscescens ; alee antica lineis 

 transversis nigris denticulatis quarum nonnullis interruptis 

 et dilatatis, striga subcostali lata subarcuata nigra strigam 

 coslalem pallidissime oervinam includente^ lineis duabus 

 submarginalibus e lunulis nigris ; postica subfuscescentis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Abdomen and hind 

 wings with a brownish tinge. Fore wings with several transverse 

 denticulated black lines, some of which are irregular and interrupted 

 and dilated ; a broad irregular slightly curved black streak, ex- 

 tending from the costa before the middle, and enclosing in front of it 

 a very pale fawn-coloured costal streak ; two submarginal rows of 

 black lunules, the outer lunules very small. Length of the body 

 9 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton, 



Genus GALLABA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 porrecti, hirsuti, sat robusti, caput longe superantes ; articulus 

 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae longiusculae, 



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