LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 143 



Male. Fawn-colour. Palpi short, obliquely ascending. An- 

 tennas minutely setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Hind legs with short femora and very long tibiae and 

 tarsi. Wings with a diffuse brown sub marginal band ; marginal 

 points blackish. Fore wings acute, with a broad irregular browu 

 subcostal stripe, which contains some blackish dots ; space along 

 the interior border and hind wings pale cinereous. Length of the 

 body 5 liues; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Australasia. 

 Sect. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Fasciculus frontalis subproductus. 

 Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi ascendentes, brevissimi. Antennas sub- 

 serrala?, subpubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas longe superaus. 

 Pedes longi,graci!es. Alas antica?angusta3, acuta?, costa recta, mar- 

 gine exteriore subconvexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Frontal tuft slightly prominent. 

 Proboscis obsolete. Palpi ascending, very short. Antennas indis- 

 tinctly serrated, very minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending 

 much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small. Legs long, 

 smooth, slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings elongate, 

 narrow. Fore wings acute ; costa straight ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, very oblique. 



15. Chilo incertulas. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervinus ; alee antica fusco conspersa, puncto 

 diseali punctisque maryinalibus nigris, linea exteriore e stri- 

 gulis diff'usu nigricantibw ; postica albides. 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour. Fore wings minutely speckled 

 with brown; diseal point black ; an exterior oblique blackish line 

 composed of diffuse short streaks; marginal points black. Hind 

 wings whitish. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



This species has much resemblance to C. forficellus. 



