LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 493 



BlRTHAMA OBLIQUA. 



obliqua, Wlk. Journ. Lin. Soc. vi. 175. 

 Borneo. 



Genus HYPHORMA. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi validi, 

 squamosi, porrecti, capitis latitudine fere duplo longiores ; articulus 

 3us 2o multo brevior. Antennae glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 nou superans ; latera densissime fasciculata,, Pedes robusti, 

 breviusculi. Alae anticae latae, apice subrotundatae, margine ex- 

 teriore subrecto. 



Female. Body very stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi stout, 

 squamous, porrect, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head; third joint much shorter than the second. Antennae smooth. 

 Abdomen most densely tufted along each side, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs very stout, rather short; spurs stout. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior 

 border nearly straight, moderately oblique ; second inferior vein as 

 near to the third as to the first; third rather nearer to the second 

 than to the fourth. 



Allied to Scopelodes, but the palpi have a different structure. 



Hyphorma minax. 



Mas. Rufescens ; abdomen cervinum ; alee sericece ; anticce 

 nigricante subconspersa, fascia submarginali fuscescenle 

 angusta undulata ; posticce cervince. 



Male. Reddish, fawn-colour beneath. Abdomen mostly 

 fawn-colour. Wings sericeous, shining. Fore wings with some 

 minute blackish speckles and with a narrow brownish slightly 

 undulating submarginal band. Hind wings fawn-colour. Length 

 of the body 6 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. North China. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus ELOASA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum, dense pilosum. Proboscis nulla. 

 Palpi porrecti, validi, pilosi, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us 

 conicus, parvus. Antennae breviusculae, subpectinatae ; articulus 



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