LEPIBOPTERA HETEROCERA. l^ 33 



Hydrocampa? FILIGERALIS." 

 Mas. Argenteo-alba, gracilis; palpi graciles, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem non superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; antenna sub- 

 moniliformes, longissimce, gracillimce ; abdomen alas posticas 

 plus dimidio super ansjasciculo apicali elongato subcompresso; 

 alee longa, angusta, nigricante consperste, fascia lata alba 

 arcuata, lineas duas fuscas includente ; antica hneis tubus 

 albis postmediis obliquis postice approximatis. 

 Male, Silvery white, slender. Palpi slender, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 

 not more than one-third of the length of the second. Antenna* 

 submoniliform, very long and slender, longer than the tore wings. 

 Abdomen extending for more than half its length beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft elongate, slightly compressed. Legs slender. 

 Wings long, narrow, blackish-speckled, with a broad white curved 

 band, which contains two brown lines, one near its inner border, the 

 other near its outer border. Fore wings acute, with three white 

 lines which converge from the exterior part of the costa to the middle 

 of the exterior border ; the latter is rounded and rather oblique. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 

 a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Ballatha atrotumens, p. 1215. 

 Cacyparis insolitata, C. L. H. xxvi. 1572. The two latter names 

 may be annulled. 



E. NEWMAN, PRINTER, 9, DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE, N.E. 



