LEPIDOPTERA HETERQCERAi 1217 



white along the costa ; a little dark brown streak in the disk ^ mar- 

 ginal line dark brown, white-bordered ; under side with a zigzag 

 blackish submarginal line. Length of tfoe body A\ lines; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 



a, Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus CANIPSA. 



Mas, Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi la- 

 biales longi, lanceolati, recurvi, graciles, pilosi ; articulus 3us bre- 

 vis, gracillimus. Palpi maxillares longi, dense pilosi et fimbriati, 

 supra thoracem reflexi. Antennae glabrae, breviusculae, sat validse. 

 Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes mediocres ; tibiae posticee 

 quadricalcaratae. Ala3 antica3 breviusculae, latiusculse, apice sub- 

 rotundatse. 



Male, Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Labial 

 palpi lanceolate, slender, pilose, recurved over the head to the fore 

 part of the thorax ; third joint very slender and acute, not more 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Maxillary palpi 

 densely pilose and fringed, recumbent on the thorax and extending 

 to the base of the abdomen. Antennae smooth, rather short and 

 stout. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Legs mode- 

 rately long and slender, not pilose ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings rather short and broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 

 tips ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. 



Allied to Macalla. This genus and the following one have 

 some affinity to the Pyralites. 



Canipsa suspensalis. 



Mas. Alba ; caput pallide cervinum ; alee argenteo squamosce ; 

 anticce costa margineque exteriore cervinis, lineolis duabus 

 albis, fasciculo apud marginem exteriorem strigisque quatuor 

 discalibus nigricantibus ; posticce lineis duabus fuscis inde- 

 terminatis, squamis nonnullis nigris. 



Male. White, shining. Head and palpi pale fawn-colour. 

 Abdomen tinged with fawn-colour towards the tip. Wings with 

 some silvery scales. Fore wings fawn-coloured along the costa and 

 along the exterior border; this hue is intersected by two transverse 

 white lines, of which the first is abbreviated hindward ; a tuft of 

 blackish scales at the base of the interior border, and four blackish 

 squamous streaks in the disk. Hind wings with indications of two 



