

LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOERA. 1495 



Deba SURRECTALIS. 



Foem. Cervina; caput et thorax ochracea ; abdomen cinereum ; 

 alee antica Uriels duabus, puncto basali punctoque subcostali 

 nigris, linea \a antemedia subarcuata non obliqua, 2a post- 

 media obliqua undulata interrupta ; posticce lineis duabus 

 nigris undulatis. 



Female. Fawn-colour, shining 1 , pale cinereous beneath. Head 

 and thorax ochraceous. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with two 

 black lines; first line near the base, very slightly curved outward, 

 not oblique; second postmedial, oblique, undulating, interrupted in 

 the disk; a black basal point and a black subcostal point at a little 

 beyond the first line. Hind wings with two undulating black lines. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus ALMONIA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 squamoso-pilosi, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes ; 

 articulus 3us minimus. Antennae glabrae, graciles. Abdomen 

 longum, lineare, alas posticas dimidio superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 magnus. Pedes longi, gracillimi ; calcaria gracilia; tibiae posticae 

 dense fimbriatae. Ala? anticae elongatae, acutae, sat angustae, margine 

 exteriore recto; poslicae margine interiore dilatato fasciculate. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis of the usual length. 

 Palpi squamous-pilose, moderately broad, obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex; third joint very miaute. Antennae 

 smooth, slender. Abdomen long, linear, extending for half its length 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft and appendages large. Legs 

 long, very slender; spurs slender, moderately long; hind tibiae 

 densely fringed with long hairs. Wings elongate, rather narrow. 

 Fore wings acute; exterior border straight, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings with the interior border much dilated and densely 

 tufted. 



Almonia onustalis. 



Mas. JEneo-fusca ; palpi subtus albi, apice cinerei ; abdominis 

 fasciculus apicalis albidus ; pedes argenteo- cinerei, tibiis pos- 

 ticis nigro'fusco fasciculatis ; alee fascia lata postmedia 

 nigro-fusca. 



Male. iEneous-brown. Palpi beneath and pectus silvery 

 white; third joint of the former cinereous. Abdomen beneath and 



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