LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 987 



base, bordered with cinereous on the inner side ; a black dot in the 

 disk between the lines. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Fam. POAPHILID^E, C. L. H. xiv. 1463. 

 Genus BOCULA, C. L. H. xiv. 1464. 



BOCULA CARADRINOIDES. 



caradrinoides, Cat. Lep. Het. xiv. 1465. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



BOCULA TRI PALIS. 



tripalis, Wlngr. Wien. Ent. Afon. vii. 149- 

 Caffraria. 



Genus PHYTOMETRA, C. L. H. xiv. 1466. 



PhVTOiMETRA Leda. 



Leda, H.-Sch. Schm. ii. 441, f. 553, 544. Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1857 

 4,418. 



Genus POAPHILA, C. L. H. xiv. 1467. 



POAPHTLA SCISSA. 



Fcem. Cinerea; caput et thorax anticus subrufescente-cinerea ; 

 palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 3o lineari ; alee fusco con- 

 spersze, linea exteriore fusca vix undulata ; anticce acuta?) 

 lineis duabus fuscis subrectis macula magna punctoqae atris, 

 costa rufa. 



Female. Cinereous. Head, fore part of the thorax and under side 

 with a reddish tinge. Palpi obliquely ascending; third joint linear, 

 very much more slender than the second, and not more than one-third 

 of its length. A n tenure minutely setulose. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Femora and tibiae fringed. Wings 

 minutely brown-speckled, with an exterior slender hardly undulating 

 brown line ; a brownish tinge along the exterior border. Fore 

 wings acute, with two nearly straight brown lines; the second 

 interrupted by a large deep black irregular spot, which has a deep 



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