LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 63 



Sect. N. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi robusti, 

 porrecti, laeves, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, mi- 

 nimus. Antennae sat validae. Pedes laeves, sat validi. Alae anticae 

 elongatee, sat latae, apice rotundatae. 



43. Nephopteryx? spoliata. 



Fcem. Cervina ; alee anticce fuscescente conspersce, cinereo nebu- 

 losce, vitta subcostali obscuriore, vitla discali pallide cinerea 

 apicem versus arcuata ; posticce pallide cinerece, semihyalince. 



Female. Fawn-coloured. Body thick. Proboscis obsolete. 

 Palpi robust, porrect, smooth, extending a little beyond the head ; 

 third joint conical, very minute, hardly one-sixth of the length of 

 the second. Antennae rather stout. Legs smooth, rather stout ; 

 hind tibiae with four long 'fspurs. Wings elongate, moderately 

 broad. Fore wings somewhat rounded at the tips, brown-speckled, 

 minutely mottled with cinereous, with a darker subcostal stripe, 

 which is limited hindward by a pale cinereous stripe, the latter 

 curved towards the tip of the wing ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 moderately oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous and semihyaline 

 towards the base. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Asia. 



44. Nephopteryx pallicostalts. 



Fcem. Sordide rufescens ; palpi sat graciles, subarcuati, oblique 

 ascendentes, verticem non superantes, articulo 3o lanceolato ; 

 alee anticce angustm, apice rotundatae, costa pallide cinerea, 

 margine exteriore convexo perobliquo ; posticce albidce, fere 

 hyalince. 



Female. Dull reddish, cinereous beneath. Palpi rather slen- 

 der, slightly curved, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint lanceolate, half the length of the second. Ab- 

 domen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, 

 rounded at the tips ; costa pale cinereous ; exterior border convex, 

 very oblique. Hind wings whitish, iridescent, nearly hyaline. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. South Hindostau. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



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