CATALOGUE 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



SEVENTH SERIES. 



Tribe DELTOIDITES, C. L. H. xvi. 1. 



Fam. PLATYDID^l. C. L. H. xvi. 2. 



Genus PLATYDIA, C. L. H. xvi. 9. 



Platydia ^qualis. 



Foexn. Pallide cervina ; palpi verticem longe superantes, articulo 

 2o svpra convexo, So lineari ; alee nigro conspersce, linea sub- 

 pallidiore obliqua subrecta ferrugineo fuseoque marginata, 

 lunula discali alba, linea submarginali e lituris nigricantibus; 

 anliecB linea basali subpallidiore obliqua ferrugineo marginata 

 antiee abbreviata, margine exteriore postico dentato ; posticus 

 plaga posiice nigra, margine exteriore dentato. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, slender, longer 

 than the breadth of the head, rising much higher than the vertex ; 

 second joint convex above ; third linear, nearly as long as the 

 second. Legs smooth, slender. Wings minutely black-speckled, 

 with a nearly straight line, which is a little paler than the ground 

 hue, and is bordered with ferruginous on the inner side and slightly 

 with brown on the outer side, and extends from near the end of the 

 interior border of ihe hind wings, and is retracted in the fore wings 

 near the costa, which it joins at about three-fifths of the length of 



