LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 481 



short and broad. Length of the body 6J lines ; of the wings 

 15 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Nyssia micacea. 



Fo3m. Lutea ; palpi porrecti, graciles, brevissimi ; abdomen aura- 

 turn ; pedes late fimbriati ; alee antica? rufescente cervino- 

 varia, purpurascente squamosa, margine exteriore perobliquo ; 

 posticoe auralce. 



Female. Luteous. Palpi porrect, slender, very short. Abdo- 

 men and bind wings gilded. Legs broadly fringed ; bind tibiae 

 with four stout spurs. Fore wings partly reddish fawn-colour, 

 adorned with purplish shining scales ; costa rounded towards the 

 base ; exterior border nearly straight, very oblique. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Cambodia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Nyssia malaccana. 



Fcem. Aurato-fiava ; caput et thorax amicus ochracea; palpi 

 caput perpaullo superantes ; pedes subpilosi ; ala anticce apice 

 rotundata, costa fimbria lineisque duabus obliquis ochraceis y 

 margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Female. Gilded yellow. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 ochraceous. Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, extending very little 

 beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hiud wings. Legs slightly pilose. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa and fringe ochraceous ; two 

 oblique ochraceous lines approaching each other from the interior 

 border to the costa ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Malacca. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus PARASA. 



Parasa, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. 413— Neaera, Cat. Lep. 

 Het.v. 1138. 



Paras a Darma. 



Darma, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. 414, pi. 11, f. 7. 



Java. 



P2 



