LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 469 



LlRIMIRIS LIGNITECTA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; antenna fulva ; thorax margine plagaque nigro- 

 fuscis ; alee antica gutta antemedia nigra, tinea postmedia 

 fusca obliqua denticulata ex parte duplicata, lunulis submar- 

 ginalibus nigricantibus, costa nigro-fusca ; postica alba,fusco 

 marginata, striga postica obscure fusca. 



Male. Ash-colour, or pale wood-colour. Antennae tawny. 

 Thorax blackish brown along the fore border, and with a blackish 

 brown patch in the disk. Fore wings whitish along the costa, with 

 an elongated black dot in the disk at one-fourth of the length from 

 the base, and with an exterior oblique denticulated partly double 

 brown line, which is obsolete towards the costa; a row of irregular 

 blackish submarginal curves ; costa irregularly blackish brown, ex- 

 cept towards the base. Hind wings white, bordered with brown ; 

 a dark brown streak on the exterior border near the interior angle ; 

 costa blackish brown except towards the base. Length of the body 

 12 Hues ; of the wings 32 lines. 



In Mr. Norris's collection. 



Genus Z AM A. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi pilosis 

 oblique ascendentes, verticern non superantes; articulus 3us 

 minimus. Antennae lalissime pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. Pedes graciles ; tibiae anticae fimbriatae. Alae anticae 

 elongatae, subtruncatae, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore vix 

 angulato antice excavato. Alae posticae rotundatae. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi pilose, ob- 

 liquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint 

 very minute. Antennae very broadly pectinated. Abdomen not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; fore tibiae fringed ; 

 hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings elongate. 

 Fore wings slightly truncated at the tips; costa very slightly con- 

 vex ; exterior border hardly angular, concave in front. Hind 

 wings rounded. 



Zama ursipes. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina, alee antica lineis duabus cinereis sub- 

 obliquis fere rectis, annulo intermedio fusco, linea submar- 

 ginali nigra e lunulis tenuissimis. 



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