426 CATALOGUE OF 



Male and female. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 slender, smooth, porrect, extending very little beyond the head; 

 third joint linear, as long as the second. Antennae slightly pec- 

 tinated in the male, minutely setulose in the female. Thorax 

 squamous; tegulae short. Abdomen nearly linear, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather short and stout; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings much 

 rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior border very convex, the 

 former dilated ; subcostal vein emitting six oblique well-defined 

 veinlets to the costa ; two inferior veins. 



1. Heminia oebiferana. 



Mas et fcem. Purpurascente-schistacea ; alee anticcB linea interiore 

 fusca diffusa angulosa indistincta, gutta discali rufescente 

 nigro notata^ linea submarginali nigra diffusa areuata ; 

 posticce maris flavescente-albce, fcem. albido-cinerece. 



Male and female. Purplish slaty. Abdomen and hind wings 

 yellowish white in the male, whitish cinereous in the female. Fore 

 wings with a brown diffuse zigzag interior line, which is indistinct 

 in the female and nearly obsolete in the male; a reddish black- 

 marked dot in the exterior disk; a black diffuse curved submarginal 

 line; a chalybeous tinge between this line and the exterior border. 

 Length of the body 3 — 4 lines ; of the wings 8 — 12 Hues. 



Borneo. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



b. Ceylon. From M. Nietner's collection. 



Genus 50. TOSPITIS. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum, Proboscis brevis. Palpi por- 

 recti, lseves, giaeiles, brevissimi. Abdomen alas posticus perpaullo 

 superans. Pedes laeves, calcaribus longis. Alae anticae breviusculae, 

 latiusculae, apiee rotundatae, costa basi convexa pubescente. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 smooth, slender, porrect, very short, not extending beyond the head. 

 Antennae smooth. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, moderately long and slender ; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Wings rather broad and short. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips; costa pubescent and convex towards the base; 

 exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 



Type, T, nulliferana. 



