LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 797 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, without markings. Head in front, 

 pectus and legs silvery cinereous. Hind wings with a luteous peni- 

 cillate streak along the costa. Length of the body 3 ? lines; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 87. DECUARIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 laeves, graciles, longissirai, caput longe superantes; articulus 3us 

 setiformis, 2o non brevior. Antennae alis anticis non longiores ; 

 articuli longi, cyathiforrnes. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. 

 Pedes laeves ; postici longissirai, calcaribus tibiarum longissimis. 

 Alae anticag longce, angustse, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore sub- 

 convexo perobliquo. 



Allied to Gelechia. Male. — Body rather stout. Proboscis 

 moderately long. Palpi smooth, slender, very long, much com- 

 pressed, rising high above the head ; third joint setiform, as long as 

 the second. AntennaB longer than the fore wings; joints elongate, 

 cyathiform. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth ; hind legs especially long; spurs very long. Wings 

 long. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the lips; costa straight; ex- 

 terior border slightly convex, very oblique; veins with the usual 

 structure. 



1. Decuaria mendicella. 



Mas. Purpureo-fusca, subtus albida; abdominis segmenta albido 

 marginata ; pedes cinerei, femoribus anticis tibiisque pur- 

 pureo-fusco marginatis ; alee anticce strigis auralis ; posticce 

 aurato-cinerece. 



Male. Purplish brown. Palpi and pectus whitish. Abdomen 

 whitish along the hind borders of the segments and beneath. Legs 

 cinereous ; tibiae and fore femora with purplish brown bands. Fore 

 wings with several gilded longitudinal streaks. Hind wings gilded 

 cinereous. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Templeton. 



