LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Asia. 



4. Thyatira vicina. 



Pallide fusca ; thorax utrinque lineis duabus obliquis albidis ; ab- 

 domen alhidum; alee anticce basi, maculis duabus costalibus 

 subapicalibus connexis duabusque posticis roseis albido margi- 

 natis. 



Thyatira vicina, Guen. Noct, i. 13, 4. 



Very closely allied to T. Batis. 



Java. 



5. Thyatira repugnans. 



Albida; abdomen pallide cervinum, basi albidum ; alee anticce 

 cinerem, fusco eonspersce, lineis angulosis fuscis subfasciata, 

 albido-cervino quadrimaculatae, basi albido-cervince, costa ma- 

 culaque parva discali cervinis ; posticce fuscce, basi alba. 



Whitish. Proboscis long. Abdomen pale fawn-colour, whitish 

 at the base. Fore wings gray, sprinkled with brown, and slightly 

 traversed by zigzag brown lines ; base whitish, fawn-colour in front ; 

 a small discal fawn-coloured spot, a large apical spot and two 

 smaller posterior marginal spots partly fawn-colour, partly whitish. 

 Hind wings brown, with pale fawn-coloured borders, white towards 

 the base, and with a white streak by the interior angle. Length of 

 the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a. North India. From Mr. James' collection. 



b. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus 3. LEPTINA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi breves, 

 porrecti, graciles, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, co- 

 nicus. Antennae graciles, simplices. Abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor lon- 

 gis. Alae sat angustae ; anticae apud costam subconvexae aut rectas, 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. Mas, — Antennae 

 pubescentes. Fcem. — Antennae simplices. 



Leptina, Guen. Noct. i. 14. 



Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi short, por- 

 rect, slender, not extending beyond the head ; third joint minute, 



