LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 549 



COTANA RUBRESCENS. 



Fcem. Ochracea ; antenna, tibiae tarsique nigra. ; ala rufescentes, 

 costa basi margineque interiore ochraceo pilosis 9 fascia obliqua 

 indistincta obscuriore, lunulis submarginalibus Jiavis, venis 

 luteis ; postica macula fiava. 



Female, Ochraceous. Antennae, tibia? and tarsi black. Wings 

 reddisb, clothed with ochraceous hairs along- the costa, along the in- 

 terior border and at the base; an indistinct darker oblique band ; 

 veins luteous ; submarginal lunules yellow, connected ; fringe with 

 a luteous dot opposite each vein. Fore wings with a yellow spot at 

 the end of the discal areolet. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 32 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



COTANA VIDUA. 



Fcem. Nigra; antenna serrata ; ala nigricantes, subhyalina ; 

 anticce vix lata, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Black. Antennae minutely serrated. Legs moderately 

 pilose. Wings blackish, slightly hyaline. Fore wings hardly broad ; 

 discal areolet very small ; second inferior vein not twice further 

 from the third than from the first; exterior border very oblique. 

 Length of the body L 9 lines; of the wings 34 lines. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders 5 collection. 



Fam. BOMBYCIIXffi, C. i. H. vi. 1386. 

 Genus GASTROPACHA, C. Z. H. vi. 1388. 



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vJO *£*' Gastropacha iridescens. 



Mas. Alba ; capitis latera antica fusca ; antenna late pectinata, 

 dimidio apicali setosa ; thorax posticus et abdomen pallide 

 cervina ; ala pallide cinerea, semihyalina ; antica irides- 

 centes, subacuta, fascia obliqua undulata fusca antice dilatata 

 maculam nigricantem maculamque cineream includente, lineis 

 sex undulatis fuscis ; postica linea submarginali fuscescente 

 valde interrupta. 



