LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEKA. 20 L 



pilose, obliquely ascending ; third joint conical, very minute. An- 

 tennae a little more than half the length of the body, serrated. Ab- 

 domen extending for almost half its length beyond the hind wings, 

 tufted at the tip. Legs rather long; hind tibiae with four long 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in front, 

 almost acutely angular at the tips, straight and very oblique along 

 the exterior border ; first, second and third inferior veins approxi- 

 mate ; fourth moderately remote. 



1. Chiripha involuta. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput fasciis albidis ; thorax fasciis anticis vittis- 

 que posticis albidis ; abdomen albidum ; alee anticce lituris 

 lanceolatis nigris albo marginatis aut linearis, linea recta 

 albida costali lineaque marginali alba ; posticce albidce, mar- 

 ginibus latis fuscescentibus. 



Male. Brown. Head with whitish bands. Thorax with 

 whitish bands in front, and with whitish stripes on each sfde. Ab- 

 domen whitish. Fore wings with lanceolate black marks, which are 

 bordered or intersected by whitish lines; a straight whitish subcostal 

 line, and a white marginal line ; cilia? with alternate brownish and 

 whitish lines. Hind wings whitish, with broad pale brown borders. 

 Wings beneath whitish, shaded in front with pale brown ; discal 

 spot and an exterior oblique band dark brown. Length of the body 

 10 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 14. DARGIDA. 



Mas. Corpus robu stum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi 

 validi, pilosi, ascendentes ; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae sub- 

 ciliata?, corporis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas posticas triente 

 superans, basi cristatum. Pedes validi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae mediocriter latae, anticae apud 

 inarginern exteriorem denticulatae sat obliquae vix convexae. 



Male, Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, 

 pilose, ascending ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae very 

 minutely ciliated, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings, crested 

 towards the base. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with four moderately 

 long spurs. Wings moderately broad, denticulate, rather oblique, 

 and hardly convex along the exterior border ; first, second and third 

 inferior veins approximate ; fourth moderately remote. 



