LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 793 



Male. Fawn-colour, with a slight cinereous tinge. Abdomen 

 gilded. Wings with a marginal brown line ; fringe cinereous, inter- 

 lined with brownish. Fore wings with slight metallic-green 

 reflections ; a large oblong dark brown cinereous-bordered spot in 

 the disk before the middle; a very large exterior triangular dark 

 brown cinereous-bordered spot, which has its base on the costa and 

 extends to the interior border. Hind wings slightly gilded. Length 

 of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



Genus 82. TISIS. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis conspicua. Palpi laeves, 

 graciles, ascendentes, subarcuati, capitis latitudine plus duplo longi- 

 ores ; articulus 3us setiformis, 2o non brevior. Antennae graciles, 

 alis anticis paullo longiores; articulus lus longus, clavatus ; 2us 

 subfusiformis, dilatatus, subtus excavatus. Pedes postici longi, 

 graciles ; calcaria longissima. Alae anticae longse, angustae, apice 

 rotundatae. 



Allied to Gelechia. Male. — -Body slender. Proboscis distinct. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, ascending, slightly curved, more than twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, as long 

 as the second. Antennae smooth, slender, a little longer than the 

 fore wings; first joint long, clavate; second subfusiform, dilated, 

 excavated beneath. Legs smooth, slender ; hind legs long ; spurs 

 very long. Wings long, narrow ; fringe long. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips; costa straight; exterior border convex, very oblique 

 hindward. 



1. TlSIS BICOLORELLA. 



Mas. FuscO'dnerea ; caput nigricans ; antenna? articulo 2o 

 nigricante ; ala> antica? cyaneo-virides, dimidio apicali aurato ; 

 posticoe ameo~cervin&. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Head blackish above. Palpi, 

 antennae and legs silvery cinereous. Second joint of the antennae 

 blackish above. Wings brownish cinereous beneath. Fore wings 

 bluish green for more than half the length from the base, gilded 

 from thence to the tips. Hind wings aeneous fawn-colour. Length 

 of the body 3 ? lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection, 



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