136 CATALOGUE OF 



Pale fawn-colour. Head and fore pavt of the thorax ferrugi- 

 nous-brown. Fore wings with a brown discal dot, with blackish 

 marginal points, and with a brown spot by the interior angle. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 3f lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 18. LEUCOPHLEBIA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, validi, 

 pilosi, caput non adaequantes; articulus 3us minimus. Antenuae 

 corporis dimidio paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas dimidio 

 superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor medio- 

 criter longis. Alae longae, angustae, dense vestitae ; anticae lanceo- 

 latae, acuminatae, apud costam subrectae, margin e exteriore per- 

 obliquo. Mas. — Antennae robustae, serratae, ciliatae. Fcem. — 

 Antennae validae, simplices. 

 Leucophlebia, Westiv. Cab. Orient. Ent. 46. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi stout, short, pilose, not 

 extending so far as the head ; third joint very minute. Antennae a 

 little less than half the length of the body. Abdomen extending for 

 about half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind 

 tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings long and narrow, 

 thickly clothed. Fore wings lanceolate, acuminated, nearly straight 

 in front, extremely oblique along the exterior border ; first, second 

 and third inferior veins rather remote from each other ; third more 

 than twice further from the fourth than from the second. Male. — 

 Antennae very stout, serrated, ciliated. Female. — Antennae stout, 

 simple. 



This genus is very remote from the other Leucanidce, and has 

 some affinities with the Bombycites, but hardly belongs to any 

 described family of Lepidoptera Heterocera. 



1. Leucophlebia lineata. 



Mas. Rosea, vitta cervina ; alee anticce vitta dentata flavescente : 

 posticce lutea, roseo marginata?. Fcem. — Corpus albido~tes- 

 taceum ; thoracis discus ferrugineus ; ala anticce venis 2a 

 Saque inferioribus albis. 



Leucophlebia lineata, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. pi. 22. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major- General Hardwicke. 



b. North India. 



c. North India. 



