LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 475 



MlRESA DIVERGENS. 



divergens, Wlk. Trans, Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. i. 62. 

 South America. 



Mires a orthosioides. 

 orthosioides, Wlk. Journ. Lin. Soc. vi. 143 

 Borneo. 



Mires a mollis. 

 Mas. Ochracea ; palpi graciles, porrecti, caput non superantes ; 

 antennae glabra; pedes robusti, tarsis basi tibiisque dense 

 fimbriatis ; alee anticce lineis duabus transversis obliquis 

 obscurioribus ; posticus aurato-flava. 



Male. Ochraceous. Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, not ex- 

 tending beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. Antenna 

 smooth, rather slender. Abdomen pale ochraceous above, much 

 shorter than the interior border of the hind wings. Legs stout; 

 spurs long ; tarsi towards the base and tibiae densely fringed. 

 Wings broad, dense, sericeous. Fore wings rounded at the tips, 

 with two transverse darker lines, of which the outer one is more 

 distinct and less oblique than the inner one ; exterior border con- 

 vex, rather oblique. Hind wings gilded yellow. Length of the 

 body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Most allied to M. inornata, from which it may be distinguished 

 by its much more slender body and by the colour of the thorax. 



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



Miresa brevilinea. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; palpi fusci, oblique ascendentes, oMiculo 3o 

 lanceolato ; pedes antici obscure fusci ; ala? antica atomis 

 plurimis nitentibus purpureo-ciriereis, linea nigra brevi 

 obliqua interrupta ; posticce pallide cervina, atomis subaurato- 

 cinereis. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, stout, fawn-colour beneath. Palpi 

 dark brown, stout, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex; second joint thickly clothed with short hairs beneath; 

 third lanceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Antennae 

 fawn-coloured, broadly pectinated. Abdomen fawn-coloured. Fore 



