LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 611 



Genus CASAMA. 



Mas. Corpus laeve, sat gracile. Proboscis nulla. Palpi pov- 

 recti, laeves, graciles, caput non superantes; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae subpeetinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes breves, laeves, graciles ; tibiae 

 posticas quadricalcaratae. Ala? anticae latiusculae, subacute, costa 

 recta, margine exteriore subconvexo. 



Male. Body smootb, ratber slender. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi porrect, smootb, slender, not extending beyond tbe bead; 

 third joint extremely small. Antennae slightly pectinated. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond tbe hind wings; apical tuft very 

 small. Legs short, smootb, slender ; hind tibiae with four moderately 

 long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings slightly acute ; 

 costa straight; exterior border slightly convex and oblique ; second 

 inferior vein as near to the third as to the first ; fourth remote from 

 the third. 



The affinities of this genus are doubtful. The short pectinated 

 antennae separate it from the other genera of Bryophilidce. 



Casama indeterminata. 



Mas. Cinerea ; alee antica nigricante conspersa?, reniformi 

 magna nigricante marginata valde incisa, punctis marginali- 

 bus nigris ; postica? alba. 



Male. Cinereous. Fore wings thickly and minutely blackish- 

 speckled ; reniform mark lar<je, blackish-bordered, deeply and 

 acutely notched on its outer side ; marginal points black. Hind 

 wings white. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Genus AQUIS, C. L. H. xv. 1652. 



Aquis albosparsa. 



Foem. Fitsca; palpi oblique ascendejites, verticem paullo 

 superantes, articulo So lineari 2o vix breviore ; thorax albo 

 bifasciatus ; aloe anticce plagis duabus atomisque albis, lineis 

 tribus augulosis nigris, linea marginali albida, fimbria albido 

 strigata. 



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