LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOERA. 711 



Graphiphora VALIDA. 



Foem. Obscure fusca, crassa ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 

 So conico ; alee anlicce lineis quatuor cinereis angulosis nigri- 

 cante marginatis, 3a postmedia flexa, 4a submarginali, orbi- 

 culari et reniformi magnis nigro submarginatis, ilia strigam 

 nigram interrumpente ; posticce albido-cinerece, linea marginali 

 fusca. 



Female. Dark brown, thick. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, 

 not rising so high as the vertex; third joint conical, not more than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen brownish, extend- 

 ing rather beyond the hind wings. Wings cinereous and shining 

 beneath. Fore wings with four cinereous zigzag, blackish-bordered 

 lines ; first line very near the base ; second emitting a black streak 

 to the reniform mark ; this streak is interrupted by the orbicular 

 mark ; third line bent ; fourth submarginal ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks large, incompletely bordered with black. Hind wings whitish 

 cinereous; marginal line brown. Length of the body 10 lines; of 

 the wings 22 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Genus TETRAPYRGIA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi sat 

 graciles, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us subtus pilosus; 3us 

 linearis, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae pectinata?. Abdmen alas 

 posticas longe superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes 

 validi ; femora subtus fimbriata. Alae anticae latiusculae, sub- 

 elongata?, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 rather slender, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; second joint pilose beneath ; third linear, more than half 

 the length of the second. Antennae moderately pectinated. Ab- 

 domen tapering slightly from the base to the tip, extending much 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs stout ; femora 

 fringed beneath ; spurs long. Wings slightly elongate, rather 

 broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 convex, slightly oblique. 



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