LEPXDOPTERA HETEROCERA* 1209 



2us apicem versus fimbriatus; 3uslanceolatus, pubescens,2i dimidio 

 non longior. Antennae valid a?, pubescentes. Pedes robusti ; tibia? 



fimbriata? ; tibiae anticae dense fasciculate. Ala? antica? acuta?, 

 margine exteriore obliquo vix convexo. 



Male. Body stoat. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi porrect, 

 rather slender, much longer than the breadth of the head, and 

 extending very much beyond it; second joint thinly fringed 

 with long hairs above towards the tip ; third lanceolate, pubescent, 

 about half the length of the second. Antenna? stout, pubescent. 

 Legs stout ; tibia? fringed ; fore tibia? densely tufted ; spurs long, 

 slender. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior 

 border hardly convex, moderately oblique ; second inferior vein 

 nearer to the first than to the third ; fourth not very remote from 

 the third. Hind wings with a penicillate tuft above at the base. 



Betousa divisaljs. 



Mas. Lutea ; palpi nigra subconspersi, articulo So basi apiceque 

 nigra ; alee anticae casta margineque exteriore ochraceis, atomis 

 nonnullis basalibus guttisque quatuor nigricantibus, tinea sub- 

 marginali lutea undulata, punetis marginalibus nigris elon- 

 gatis ; posticce pallidissime ochracece, punetis marginalibus 

 fuscis elongatis. 



Male. Luteous, paler beneath. Palpi slightly black-speckled ; 

 third joint black above at the base and at the tip. Tuft of the fore 

 tibia; black-tipped. Fore wings ochraceous-iioged along the costa 

 and towards the exterior border ; four blackish dots, one at the base, 

 two in the disk before the middle, and one beyond the middle ; a 

 few blackish speckles near the base ; a submarginal undulating 

 luteous line ; marginal points black, elongated. Hind wings very 

 pale ochraceous ; basal tuft ochraceous ; marginal points brown, 

 elongated. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus TIGRANA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis prdductus. Pro- 

 boscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi late timbriati, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem vix superantes, articulo 3o conico parvo. Antennae sub- 

 pectinata?, apices versus setosa?. Pedes la?ves, sat robusti ; calcaria 

 gracilia, longissima. Ala? antica? lata?, breviuscula?, subfalcata?, 

 margine exteriore convexo subobliquo. 



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