LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 799 



longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint much curved ; 

 third lanceolate, slightly curved, half the length of the second. 

 Antenna? smooth, a little longer than the fore wings, slightly and 

 gradually incrassated at one-fourth of the length. Legs smooth, 

 rather stout ; tibiae with a short squamous fringe; spurs very long ; 

 hind femora thinly clothed with long hairs. Wings elongate, 

 moderately broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips; costa very 

 slightly convex for half the length from the base ; exterior border 

 convex, moderately oblique. 



1. TlPHA CHALYB^lELLA. 



Mas. Cuprea ; palpi et pedes aurato-flavi ; antenna argenteo- 

 cinerece, basi nigra; tibia chalybceo-Jimbriata ; alee anticce 

 ochracea, margine exterior e yittisque tribus connexis chalybais ; 

 posticce cupreo-fuscce. 



Male, Cupreous. Palpi and legs gilded yellow. Antennae 

 silvery cinereous, black towards the base. Hind tibiae fringed with 

 chalybeous hairs. Fore wings ochraceous, with three chalybeous 

 stripes, which extend from the base to beyond the middle, and are 

 connected at their tips ; marginal band and fringe chalybeous. 

 Hind wings cupreous-brown. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection^ 



Genus 90. TARUDA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Palpi valde arcuati, capitis 

 latitudine triplo longiores ; articulus 2us pubescens ; 3us 2o non 

 brevior. Antennae giaciles, alis anticis valde longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas longe superans. Pedes robusti. Alae anticae sat 

 angustae, apice rotundatae, costa interiore subconvexa, margine ex- 

 teriore postico perobliquo. 



Allied to the South-American Gelechice. Female, — Body 

 moderately stout. Palpi much curved, rising high above the vertex, 

 about thrice longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 pubescent ; third setiform, as long as the second. Antennae slender, 

 much longer than the fore wings. Abdomen extending much 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, stout. Fore wings rather 

 narrow, much rounded at the tipb ; costa very slightly convex along 

 the interior half ; exterior border very oblique hindward. 



