lepidoptera heterocera. 21 



1. Phazaca erosioides. 



Foem. Schistaceo-cinerea ; vertex albas ; alee anticce nigricante 

 conspersa, linea submarginali ferruginea angulata, guttis dua- 

 bus posticis nigris, punctis marginalibus atris ; posticce al- 

 bido-cinerece, marginibus subochraceis, punctis tribus mar- 

 ginalibus atris. 



Female. Slaty-cinereous. Vertex white. Abdomen whitish ci- 

 nereous. Fore wings with blackish speckles, which are thick and 

 partly confluent along the costa and towards the exterior border; 

 submarginal line ferruginous, forming an outward angle in the 

 middle, retreating from the exterior border in front; two black dots 

 near the hindward part of the inner side of the submarginal line ; 

 marginal points deep black. Hind wings whitish cinereous, slightly 

 tinged with pale ochraceous towards the borders ; a few blackish 

 speckles near the interior border ; three marginal minute deep black 

 points. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 28. MIDEA. 



Foem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi por- 

 recti, lati, dense pilosi, capitis latitudine breviores; articulus 3us 

 brevissimus. Abdomen alas paullo superans. Pedes laeves, graciles, 

 breviusculi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alae 

 breviusculae, latiusculae; anlicas acutae, margiue extedore recto sub- 

 obliquo, margine exteriore vix excavato. 



Female. Body slightly stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi por- 

 rect, broad, with short thick-set hairs, shorter than the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint very short. Antenna? smooth. Abdomen 

 slightly tapering, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth, slender, rather short ; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. 

 Wings rather short and broad. Fore wings acute ; costa and exte- 

 rior border straight, the latter slightly oblique ; interior border 

 hardly excavated. 



1. MlDEA RECTALIS. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-rufa ; abdomen cihereum ; alee anticce linea 

 recta obligua cinerea intus nigricante nebulosa ; posticce ci- 

 nereo-fuscce. 



Female. Ferruginous-red, brownish cinereous beneath. Ab- 

 domen cinereous. Fore wings with a straight cinereous line, which 



