LEPTDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 525 



Male. White. Palpi extending* rather beyond the head ; 

 third joint elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. 

 Thorax without erect hairs. Abdomen cinereous, not tufted, ex- 

 tending much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft short, quadrate. 

 Tibiae with moderately long spurs. Fore wings rather narrow; 

 exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



a — c. 



Genus 41. SALAPOLA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis longa. Palpi ascend- 

 entes, brevissimi. Antenna? subsetulosae. Pectus fasciculatum. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans, subtus dense lanuginosum. 

 Pedes laeves, sat validi; calcaria parva. Ala? anticae lata?,subacuta?, 

 costa basi subclilatata, disco subtus fasciculato ; posticae disco antico 

 fasciculato. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis long. Palpi ascending, 

 very short. Antennae minutely setulose. Pectus tufted. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings, densely lanuginous 

 beneath; apical valves large. Legs smooth, rather stout; spurs 

 short. Wings broad. Fore wings slightly acute, with a large 

 woolly tuft in the disk on the under side; costa hardly convex, 

 slightly dilated towards the base ; exterior border slightly convex, 

 very oblique; discal areolet and superior veins irregularly formed; 

 fourth inferior vein very remote from the others, descending 

 abruptly to the iuterior border. Hind wings with a tuft on the 

 fore part of the disk. 



1. Salapola ARGENTEA. 



Mas. Argenleo-alba ; thorax fuscescente-cinereus ; abdomen vix 

 fiavescens ; aim antica fasciculo subtus niyro ; posticus fasciculo 

 testaceo. 



Male. Silvery white. Thorax pale brownish cinereous. Abdo- 

 men with a very slight yellowish tinge. Fore wings with a black 

 curled discal tuft on the under side. Hind wings with a woolly- 

 testaceous tuft above, corresponding to an ochi, ceous patch on the 

 under side. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Eio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



