LEFIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1293 



Desmta COLLARXS. 



Mas, Cupreo-fusca ; caput argenteo-album ; palpi oblique 

 ascendentes, articulo So parvo lanceolato ; antennce subserratm, 

 dense setosce, flexura antentedia serrata ; thorax antiee argenteo- 

 aibus ; abdomen basi argenteo-album; ales anticce puncto 

 maculaque quadrata subcostalibus strigaque costali supapicali 

 albis, fimbria apud unguium interiorem albo notata ; posticce 

 fimbria postica alba. 



Male. Cupreous-brown, Body beneath and legs silvery 

 cinereous. Head silvery white. Palpi obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex, white beneath towards the base ; third 

 joint lanceolate, about one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae slightly serrated, densely setose, bent and serrated at 

 somewhat before half the length. Thorax silvery white in front. 

 Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the hind wings, 

 silvery white towards the base. Fore wings acute; a while sub- 

 costal point at hardly beyond one-fourth of the length; a white sub- 

 costal quadrate spot at a little beyond half the length ; a little white 

 costal streak near the tip ; a white mark on the fringe by the interior 

 angle. Hind wings with the fringe white along the hind part of 

 the exterior border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



Closely allied to D. JEgimiusalis, but more slender, and the 

 flexure of the antennae is less incrassated. 



Morty. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Desmia cincta. 



Mas. Cupreo-fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 2o fim- 

 briate, So parvo lanceolato ; antennce subserratce, dense setosce? 

 nodo antemedio muni tee ; abdomen basi albo fasciatum ; tarsi 

 antici incrassati ; alee anticce macula subcostali antemedia 

 guttaque costali elongata subapicali albis ; posticce fimbria 

 postica alba. 



Male. Cupreous-brown. Body beneath and legs silvery white. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex, white 

 beneath towards the base ; second joint with a short thick fringe 

 beneath; third lanceolate, about one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae minutely serrated, densely setose, incrassated 

 rather before the middle. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the 



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