LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1365 



Margaronia DIAPHANALIS. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alha ; caput anticce ameum; palpi lati, suberecti, 

 apice cenei, articulo So brevissimo ; thorax antice ochraceus ; 

 abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; alee longce, sat angusta?, 

 fere hyalince, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce costa 

 cenea. 



Female. Silvery white. Head aeneous in front. Palpi broad, 

 nearly erect, not rising so high as the vertex, aeneous towards the 

 tips; third joint extremely short. Fore border of the thorax och- 

 raceous. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 legs mostly fawn-colour. Wings long, rather narrow, nearly hya- 

 line; marginal points black. Fore wings acute; costa aeneous; 

 exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



Aru. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Margaronia herbidalis. 



Fcem. Late viridis ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi subtus albi ; abdo- 

 men apice ochraceum ; alee fimbria cinerea; anticce puncto 

 discali nigricante, costa flavescente. 



Female. Bright grass-green. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 white. Head white about the eyes. Palpi white beneath. Abdo- 

 men extending somewhat beyond the hind wings, ochraceous at the 

 tip. Fore femora ochraceous towards the tips ; fore tibiae with an 

 ochraceous band. Wings with a cinereous fringe. Fore wings with 

 a blackish point in the disk ; costa yellowish. Length of the body 

 8 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



Very like M. Atlitalis, but the latter has no pale line at the 

 base of the fringe. 



a. Ceram. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Genus PYGOSPILA, C. L. H. xviii.537. 

 Pygospila bivittalis. 



Fcem. Cupreo-fusca ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi lati, oblique 

 ascendentes, subtus albi, articulo So brevissimo ; thorax vittis 

 duabus pallide ochraceis ; abdomen longissimum, vittis duabus 

 macularibus duabusque exterioribus integris albis ; alee anticce 



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