LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1475 



Body broad, depressed. Proboscis robust. Palpi short, smooth, 

 ascending-, apart from each other; joints very distinct. Antennae 

 pectinated ; the two rows of branches approximate. Legs robust, 

 smooth; spurs long. Wings alike in colour and in markings; 

 under side brightly coloured, differing from the upper side. Hiud 

 wings abbreviated hindward. 



A. Alae integrae. - - - - 1. Hypochrosis, Guen, 



B. Alae incisae. - 2. Achrosis, Guen. 



Genus 1. HYPOCHROSIS. 



Corpus depressum. Palpi ad frontem applicati ; articulus 3us 

 obtusus. Antennae peracutae. Thorax brevis, non punctatus ; tegulae 

 remotae. Abdomen spissum. Alae laeves, sericae, integrae, con- 

 colores, lituris non diversis. Mas. — Antennae dense pectinatae. 

 Abdomen apice latum quadratum. Fcem. — Antennae pectinatae ; 

 rami subclavati. Abdomen apice conicum. 



Hypochrosis, Guen. Phal. ii. 536. 



Body depressed. Palpi contiguous to the front ; third joint 

 obtuse. Antennas very acute. Thorax short, not speckled ; tegulaa 

 diverging. Abdomen stout. Wings smooth, silky, entire, alike in 

 colour and with like markings, the latter oblique. Male. — Antennae 

 with long approximate branches. Abdomen broad and quadrate 

 at the tip. Female. — Antennae with shorter subclavate branches. 

 Abdomen conical at the tip. * 



1. Hypochrosis sternaria. 



Mas et fcem. Plumbeo-cinerea ; abdomen subtus fulvum ; alee 

 subnitentes, subtus fulvce ; antica? lineis duabus nigris postice 

 connexis,spatio marginali subtus vinos o-cinereo ; posticce linea 

 obliqua nigra costam non attingente. 



Hypochrosis sternaria, Guen. Phal. ii. 537, 1775. 



Hindostan. 



2. Hypochrosis hyadaria. 



Fcem. Pallide carneo-cinerea, H. festivariae affinis ; alee sub- 

 strigatce ; antica lineis duabus obliquis rectis purallelis fusco- 

 rujis, la apud costam incrassata, 2a lunulaque apicali con- 

 nexis, annulo diseali ; posticus linea una costam non attingente ; 

 quatuor subtus ochraceo-flavce. 



Hypochiria hyadaria, Guen. Phal. ii. 537, 1776. 



Hindostan. 



