LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1749 



border very oblique. Hind wings not extending beyond the abdo- 

 men. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus CELESDERA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi laeves, breves, 

 sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, articulo 3o parvo. Antennae pec- 

 tinatae, apices versus nudae. Abdominis fasciculus apicalis minimus. 

 Pedes laeves, robusti, breviusculi, calcaribus longis. A*lae spissae ; 

 anticce subfalcatae, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore flexo ; pos- 

 ticae margine exteriore subflexo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, rather 

 slender, obliquely ascending, not rising near so high as the vertex ; 

 third joint conical, minute. Antennae moderately pectinated to 

 nearly three-fourths of the length. Abdomen with a very small 

 apical tuft. Legs smooth, stout, rather short; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings stout. Fore wings acute, subfalcate; costa 

 slightly convex; exterior border convex and somewhat bent in the 

 middle. Hind wings with the exterior border hardly bent. 



Celesdera schistifusata. 



Mas. Sckistacea, subtus rvfescente-ochracea ; ales anticce lineis 

 duabus ferrugineis flexis interruptis apud costairt, dilatatis, fim- 

 bria ferruginea ; posticce ochracece, spatio apud marginem 

 interiorem schistaceo. 



Male. Slaty cinereous, reddish ochraceous beneath. Fore 

 wings with two bent much interrupted ferruginous lines, which are 

 dilated towards the costa ; fringe ferruginous. Hind wings dull 

 ochraceous, except towards the interior border. Length of the body 

 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Hindostan. Presented by Sir J. Hearsay. 



Genus ISCHALIS. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi por- 

 recti, validi, fimbriati, caput superantes, articulo 3o conico minimo. 

 Antennae compressae, sat validae. Pedes laeves. Alae anticae acutae, 

 costa vix convexa, margine exteriore subflexo; posticae apud mar- 

 ginem interiorem subtus pilosissimae, margine exteriore postico sub- 

 truncato. 



