LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 935 



Genus ELIOCROEA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustutn. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 pubescentes, suberecti, verticem longe superantes ; articulus 2us 

 arcuatus ; 3us linearis, 2i dimidio longior. Abdomen piloso 

 bivittatum, alas posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes crassi, femori- 

 bus tibiisque posterioribus fimbriatis, calcaribus longissimis. Ala; 

 latissimse ; anticae apice subrotundatse, eosta vix convexa, uiargine 

 exteriore subconvexa, vix obliqua. 



Female, Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 pubescent, nearly erect, rising much higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint curved; third linear, much shorter and a little more slender 

 than the second. Abdomen with a stripe of long hairs on each 

 side, extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs very stout, 

 posterior femora and tibiae fringed ; spurs very long. Wings very 

 broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; costa very slightly 

 convex ; exterior border slightly convex, hardly oblique ; veins 

 with the usual structure. 



Eliocroea chrysochlora. 



Fcem. Viridis,subtus albido-cinereo \; abdomen argenteo-cinereum y 

 vittis duabus ochraceo pilosis ; alee anticce nigro conspersa, 

 fasciis quinque angulosis albido-cinereis nigro marginatis, 

 linea marginali albido-cinerea strigulis nigris inter rnpta, reni- 

 formi indistincta nigro submarginata ; posticce Uete auralo- 

 lutece, fascia submarginali cupreo-fusca. 



Female. Green, whitish cinereous beneath. Palpi black- 

 speckled, whitish cinereous towards the base, cinereous at the tips. 

 Abdomen silvery cinereous, with two stripes of ochraceous hairs. 

 Fore wings black-speckled, with five zigzag whitish cinereous black- 

 bordered bands ; first band basal ; marginal line whitish cinereous, 

 traversed by short black streaks; fringe with blackish marks; reni- 

 form indistinct, incompletely black-bordered. Hind wings bright 

 gilded luteous, with a cupreous brown submarginal band, which is 

 attenuated towards the interior angle. Wings beneath luteous, 

 with two cupreous-brown bands, of which the first is very broad iti 

 the fore wings and very narrow in the hind wings. Length of the 

 body 11 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 

 a. Ceram. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



