LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 27 



lineaque exleriore obliqua nigris, reniformi albida, strigapos- 

 tica lanceolata punctisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce albido- 

 cinerece. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, whitish cinereous beneath: 

 Palpi porrect, lanceolate, as long as the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint conical. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; exterior border 

 hardly oblique; a slight black line in tbe disk near the base, and 

 another extending from the reniform mark towards the exterior 

 border; reniform mark whitish, accompanied by a black point; a 

 lanceolate black streak in the disk behind it; marginal points 

 black. Hind wings whitish cinereous. Length of the body 5£ 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Ceylon. In Mr. Layard's collection. 



Genus 6. ACROBASIS. 



Acrobasis, Zl. — Rhodopbaea, Gn. — Nephopteryx, Hb. — Zophodia, 

 Hb. 



Europe and the neighbouring regions. 



1. Acrobasis tumidella. 



tumidella, Zk. — verrucella, Hb. — verrucea, Hw. — tumidana, St. 

 adveneila, St. 



a — k. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



/, m. England. From Mr. Chant's collection. 



w— r. England. 



s, t. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



v. Germany. From M. Himmighofen's collection. 



2. Acrobasis rubrotibiella. 



rubrotibiella, F. R. — tumidana, W. V. 



a. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



by c. England. Presented by R. M'Lachlan, Esq. 



3. Acrobasis consociella. 

 consociella, Hb. — tumidella, Dp. — fascia, Hw. y Var. ? 



a, b. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



c. England. From Mr. Chant's collection. 



d. England. 



e,f. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



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