LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 195 



Genus 20. SAFRA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi la- 

 biales oblique ascendentes, verticem paullo superantes, capitis lati- 

 tudine breviores ; articulus 2us pilosus ; 3us longi-conicus. An- 

 tennae glabrae, validae ; articulus lus crassus. Pedes laeves ; tibiae 

 posticae robustae. Alae anticae longae, angustae, apice rotundatee, 

 costa basi subconvexa, margine exteriore sat obliquo. 



Male. Body ratber stout. Proboscis very sbort. Labial palpi 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex, shorter 

 than the breadth of the head ; 2nd joint pilose ; third elongate- 

 conical, not more than one-third of the length of the second. An- 

 tennae stout, smooth ; first joint very stout. Legs smooth, mode- 

 rately long ; hind tibiae robust, with four long spurs. Wings 

 elongate, narrow ; fringe long. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; 

 costa slightly convex towards the base ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex, rather oblique. 



1. SaFRA METAPH2EELLA. 



Mas. Albida, nitens ; alee anticae nigro subconspersa, costa vitta- 

 que discali informi pallide luteis ; posticce ceneo-fuscce, fim- 

 bria alba. 



Male. Whitish, shining. Fore wings thinly and minutely 

 black-speckled, pale luteous along most of the costa, and with an 

 irregular pale luteous discal stripe. Hind wings brown, with an 

 aeneous tinge ; fringe white. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



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



Genus 21. AREQUIPA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi labiales 

 porrecti, graciles, lanceolati, capitis latitudine fere duplo longiores. 

 Pedes laeves, sat valide. Alae breviusculae, latiusculae ; anticae 

 acutae, costa subrecta, margine exteriore subobliquo vix convexo. 



Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis obsolete. Labial 

 palpi porrect, slender, lanceolate, nearly twice longer than the 

 breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi more than one-fourth of 

 the length of the labial palpi. Antennae slender. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, moderately 



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