LEPiDOPlEKA HF.TF.ROCERA. 783 



densissime squamoso pilosi, capitis latitudine breviores. Antennae 

 glabrae, alis aniicis paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas su- 

 perans. Pedes lati, laeves, tarsis posticis lihiisque dense timbriatis. 

 Alae anticce elongate, apice rotundaiae, margine exteriore subcon- 

 vexo. 



Allied to tbe Tineidce. Female. — P>ody rather stout. Proboscis 

 moderately lonir. Palpi vertical, pubescent, thinly clothed with 

 long hairs, twice longer than the breadth of the head; third joint 

 lanceolate, shorter than the second. Maxillary palpi very broadly 

 and thickly clothed with squamous bair>, shorter than the breadth 

 of the head. Antennae smooth, a little shorter than the fore wings. 

 Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Legs broad, smooth ; 

 tibiae and hind tarsi densely fringed ; sour* long. Wings elongate, 

 moderately broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border 

 slightly convex, moderately oblique ; veins much like those of 

 Depressuria. 



1. TlMYRA PHYCiSULL*. 



Foem. Ciiierro-flavrscen* ; apuL v apron m ; antenna testacece ; 

 alee unliece fnsciis trihiis eupreis, \a ba*ttli,la Saque lalissi- 

 hi is connexis, 3a submargimdi^ linea marginal i Jimbriaque 

 eupreis. 



Female. Cinereous-yellowish. Head and palpi cupreous. 

 Antennae te>taceous. Tibia? wosllj cupreous, and fringed with 

 cupreous hairs. Hind tarsi cupreous, and wth cupreous hairs 

 towards the lips. Fore wings with three cupreous bands; first 

 basal ; second and third very broaH ; second contracted towards tbe 

 costa, irregularis connected hi ad ward with the third, which is sub- 

 marginal ; marginal line dark cupreous ; fringe cupreous, cinereous 

 at the base, Leugib of the bodv 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus 70. OSCELLA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi subar- 

 cuati, subascendeutes, subtus dense pilosi, capitis latitudine longi- 

 ores; articulus 3us laoceolatus, 2o valde brevior. Antennae breves, 

 graciles, glabrae ; articulus 1 us dense pilosus. Abdomen alas posticas 

 longe superans; fasciculus apicalis latus. Tibiae posticae late tim- 

 briatae. Alae anticie elongatae, apice rotundatae, costa convexa, 

 margine exteriore perobliquo^margiue interiore extus subexcavato. 



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