LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 979 



from the interior angle to the tips, where it is very hroad. Var. £. 

 Male. — Hind wings luteous. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines; 

 of the wings 18 — 22 lines. 



a — b. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collec- 

 tion, 

 c. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus THIGANUSA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum, laeve. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 laeves, graciles, erecti, verticem paullo superantes ; articulus 3us 

 linearis, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae graciles, subsetulosae. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans. Pedes lseves, graciles ; calcaria 

 longa, valida. Alae anticae lata?, apice subrotundalae, margine ex- 

 teriore convexo obliquo. 



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

 Palpi smooth, slender, applied to the head, rising a little higher than 

 the vertex ,|third joint linear, hardly acute, less than half the length 

 of the second. Antennae slender, very minutely setulose. Ab- 

 domen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth ; 

 spurs long, stout. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at 

 the tips; exterior border convex, moderately oblique; second in- 

 ferior vein nearer to the third than to the first; fourth not remote 

 from the third. 



Thiganusa euproctisoides. 



Foem. Lcete lutea ; tibice nigro vittatce ; tarsi nigri ; alee sub- 

 auratce ; anticce puncto discali nigro. 



Female. Bright luteous. Tibiae striped with black on the 

 outer side ; tarsi black. Wings slightly gilded. Fore wings with 

 a black point in the disk. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus MECYRA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi laeves, 

 erecti, verticem longe superantes ; articulus 3us linearis, 2o multo 

 brevior. Antenna? setosae. Thorax dense pilosus. Abdomen dorso 

 subcarinatum,alas posticas non superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, 



