LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 835 



Genus 129. UKBARA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis conspicua. Caput cris- 

 tum. Oculi magni. Palpi robusti, erecti, pilosi, capitis latitudine 

 vix duplo longiores ; articulus 3us 2i dimidio non longior. An- 

 tennae graciles, subsetulosae. Pedes robusti, squamosi. Alae anticae 

 sat angustae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore postico per- 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Head above with a thick erect 

 tuft of hairs. Eyes large, prominent. Proboscis distinct. Palpi 

 thick, erect, thickly clothed with long erect hairs, nearly twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; first joint longr, but much 

 shorter than the second ; third about half the length of the second. 

 Antennae slender, minutely setulose, much shorter than the fore 

 wings. Legs stout, squamous ; spurs long. Wings rather narrow, 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique hindward. 



This genus seems to have nearly as much affinity to the Her- 

 minidce as to the Gelechidce. 



1. UrBARA GALE ATA. 



Mas. Fusca ; caput nigro-fuscum ; alee anticce punctis quatuor 

 discalibus punctisque marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Brown. Head above and palpi blackish brown. Legs 

 cinereous. Fore wings with four black points in the disk ; two of 

 these in a direct line between the other two and the interior border ; 

 a row of black points along the exterior border. Length of the body 

 4 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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