LEPIDOPTERA. HETEROCERA.. 983 



spurs long, slender. Fore wings rather short and narrow, slightly 

 acute ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique ; second 

 inferior vein as near to the third as to the first; fourth very remote. 

 Hind wings short, broad. 



The long antennae distinguish it from other genera of 

 Ophiusida. 



BCETHANTHA BISIG NATA. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput et thorax anticus nigricante-fusca ; abdo- 

 minis fasciculus apicalis argenteo-cinereus ; alee lineis duabus 

 nigricantibus, \a ante media diffusa, 2a angulosa interrupta 

 cinereo submarginata ; anticce linea basali nigricanie angu- 

 losa, macula nigra magna subquadrata. 



Male. Brown. Head, palpi and fore part of the thorax 

 blackish brown. Second joint of the palpi reddish on the inner 

 side. Apical tuft of the abdomen silvery. Fore knees white ; 

 joints of the tarsi with whitish tips; spurs with two whitish bands. 

 Wings with two blackish lines; first line antemedial, diffuse ; second 

 zigzag, interrupted, incompletely bordered with cinereous ; marginal 

 points blackish. Fore wings wiih a zigzag blackish line near the 

 base ; reniform mark represented by a large suhquadrate black spot, 

 which is contiguous to the outer side of the antemedial line. 

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



Timor. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



Genus ELPIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi validi, 

 pubescentes, erecti, verticem longe superantes ; articulus 2us sub- 

 fimbriatus ; 3us linearis, obtusus, 2i dimidio longior. Antenna? 

 robustae, setosae, pubescentes. Abdomen tricristatum, sublanceo- 

 latum, alas posticas non superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, sub- 

 compressus. Pedes validi ; femora fimbriata. Ala? anticae elon- 

 gatae, acuta?, margin e exteriore subdentato perobliquo ; postica? 

 lata?, valde dentata?. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

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

 joint with a very short fringe ; third linear, obtuse at the tip, much 

 shorter and more slender than the second. Antennae stout, strongly 

 setose; bristles pubescent. Pectus lannginous. Abdomen tapering 



2 B 



