LEPIDOPTEBA HETEEOCEEA. 11 



posticas non superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes laeves, 

 longi, validi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae anticae 

 elongatae, ampla?, vix falcatae, inargine exteiiore subconvexo sat 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis distinct. Palpi por- 

 rect, lanceolate, nearly twice longer iban the breadth of the head; 

 third joint full as long as the second. Antennae smooth, slender. 

 Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. 

 Legs smooth, long, stout; hind tibiae with four long spurs, one of 

 each pair much longer than the other. Wings elongate, ample. 

 Fore wings hardly falcate ; costa straight ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. 



1. Oryba flaviplaga. 



Mas. Rosea ; alee anticce purpurascente-rosea, plaga subcostali 

 Jlava rufo marginata, linea obliqua subrecia nigra, plaga sub- 

 tus diffusa nigricante. 



Male. Rosy, mostly yellowish cinereous beneath. Abdomen 

 yellowish cinereous. Fore wings purplish rosy, with a yellow red- 

 bordered subcostal patch, and with a nearly straight black line, 

 which extends from near the base of the subcostal vein to the inte- 

 rior angle ; underside with a diffuse blackish patch beyond the yel- 

 low patch. Hind wings pale cinereous along the interior border. 

 Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 16. MUKGISCA. 



Fcem. Corpus laeve, crassum. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi 

 longi, porrecti, disjuncti, subdecumbentes, articulo 3o conico. An- 

 tennae glabra?. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, 

 laeves; tibia? posticae quadricalcaratae. Ala? elongatae, latiusculae; 

 antica? subfalcatae, costa recta, margine exteriore couvexo. 



Female. Body smooth, very stout. Proboscis distiuct. Palpi 

 porrect, pubescent, slightly inclined downward, remote from each 

 other, much longer than the breadth of the head; third joint coni- 

 cal, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. An- 

 tenna? smooth. Abdomen tapering towards the tip, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Le^s stout, smooth ; hind tibiae with four 

 moderately long spurs. Wings elongate, rather broad. Fore 

 wings subfalcate; costa straight; exterior border convex, very 

 slightly oblique. 



