LEPTDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 809 



Fam. DYOPSID.E, C. L. H. xii. 853. 



Genus MAXERA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robuslura. Fasciculus frontalis subpro- 

 ductus. Proboscis mediocvis. Palpi lati, compressi, oblique ascen- 

 dentes, verticem uon superantes; articulus 3us brevissimus. An- 

 tennae pectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas panllo superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes laeves, longiusculi, sat graciles ; 

 calcarialonga ; femora tibiaeque antica brevia, dense fimbriata. Alae 

 anticae elongatae, subaeutae, raargine exteriore subeonvexo sat 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body hardly stout. • Frontal tuft slightly prominent. 

 Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi broad, compressed, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; second joint 

 pubescent; third extremely short. Antennae moderately pectinated. 

 Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs smooth, 

 rather long and slender; spurs long, slender; fore femora and 

 fore tibiae short, thickly fringed beneath. Wings elongate. Fore 

 wings slightly acute, moderately broad ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. Hind wiugs broader than the fore wings. 



Maxera subocellata. 



Mas. Obscure cinereo-fusca ; palpi ochracei ; alee linea post' 

 media nigricante obiiqua cinereo marginata antice retracta ; 

 anticce linea basali angulosa nigricante, orbiculari e puncto 

 nigro, reniformi magna flavescente-fusca; postica puncto 

 nigro fiavescente marginato. 



Male. Dark cinereous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 ochraceous. Wings with a blackish oblique postmedial cinereous- 

 bordered line, which is retracted towards the costa of the fore wings 

 Fore wings with a zigzag blackish line near the base ; orbicular 

 mark forming a black point ; reniform large, yellowish, brown- 

 bordered. Hind wings with a black yellowish-bordered point in 

 the disk. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 





