LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 563 



Female. Fawn-colour. Frontal tuft and palpi prominent. 

 Antennae very slightly pectinated. Abdomen linear, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings. Legs slender, slightly pilose ; hind 

 tibiae with very short apical spurs. Wings narrow, elongate. Fore 

 wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 very oblique. Length of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



Most allied to L. vittata, but there is no stripe on the wings. 



o. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



LaSIOCAMPA STR1GULA. 



Mas. Alba ; caput et thorax subrufescente-alba ; palpi rufes*- 

 centes, caput non superantes ; antenna? late pectinate, ramis 

 ochraceis ; pedes dense pilosi ; ala? antica? parva?, rufescente- 

 alba?, vix acuta, dimidio antico ochraceo strigam argenteam 

 includente, lineis tribus posticis obliquis fuscis, 3a albo mar- 

 ginata ; postica? fascia rufescente valde indeterminata. 



Male. White. Head and thorax with a slight reddish tinge. 

 Palpi reddish, not extending beyond the head. Antennae broadly 

 pectinated ; branches ochraceous. Abdomen extending beyond the 

 hind wings ; apical tuft very long. Legs densely pilose. Wings 

 small. Fore wings reddish-tinged, hardly acute ; fore half obliquely 

 dull ochraceous, containing a short silvery streak ; three oblique 

 posterior brown lines, of which the third is bordered with white on 

 the inner side ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind 

 wings with an indistinct and very incomplete reddish band. Length 

 of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Most allied to L. prompta, but the second line on the fore wings 

 is much beyond the silvery streak. 



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



Genus MURLIDA. 

 Murlida, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. 422. 



MURLIDA LINEOSA. 



Lasiocampa lineosa, Cat. Lep. Het. vi. 1440. 



