LEPIDOPTEKA HETEKOCEBA. 801 



Allied to Gelechia. Female. — Body moderately stout. Pro- 

 oscis short. Palpi slender, smooth, much longer than the breadth 

 >f the head;' third joint lanceolate, much curved upward, much 



longer than the first and the second. Antennae slender, very roi- 

 utely crenulated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 ings. Legs stout, rather short; hind tibiae with four very long 

 nd stout spurs. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 cute ; costa and exterior border straight, the latter moderately 



oblique. 



1. USSARA DECORATELLA. 



Fcem. Nigro-fusca, subtus nigro-cuprea ; caput pallide Jlarum, 

 fusco uninotatum; palpi bad pallide Jlavi ; thorax fiavo 

 bivittatus ; alee antica lineis transversis micantibus purpureis 

 et viridibus, strigis duabus basalibus extus connexis liturisque 

 duabus costalibus transversis fiavis ; posticm nigro-cuprece. 



Female. Blackish brown, blackish cupreous beneath. Head 

 pale yellow, with a brownish vertical mark. Palpi pale yellow 

 towards the base. Thorax with two pale yellow stripes. Legs with 

 pale yellow bands ; fore legs with luteous -bands. Fore wings with 

 some metallic glittering transverse purple and green lines ; two 

 yellow basal streaks, united and abruptly terminated exteriorly; 

 four transverse costal yellow marks, cne on the exterior border and 

 one on the interior border. Hind wings blackish cupreous. Length 

 of the body 2j lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



From Mr. Bates' collection. 



a. Ega. 



Genus 92. THEMA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Caput suhelongatum. Palpi corporis 

 dimidio non breviores; articulus 2us porrectus, fimbriatus ; 3us 

 asceudens, gracillimus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. Antennae gracillimae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. Pedes sat graciles ; tibiae 

 posticae subfimbriatae. Alae anticae latiusculae, subacutae. 



Allied to Pleurota. Female. — Body slender. Head smooth, 

 1 slightly elongated. Palpi full half the length of the body; second 

 joint porrect, thickly fringed on both sides, the hairs longest above ; 

 third erect, setiform, very slender, nearly half the length of the 

 second. Antenna? very slender, much shorter than the fore wiugs. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs rather 



