LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 951 



Male and female. Silvery white. Fore wings with a black 

 point at the .base of the cleft, and with two or three subcostal black 

 points on the fore branch of the wing ; these points are sometimes 

 very indistinct. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 

 14—16 lines. 



a— -f. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

 g— I. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



Genus 6. DEUTEROCOPUS. 



Deuterocopus, Zl. 



1. Deuterocopus Tengstroemu 



Tengstroemi, ZL 



Java. 



Genus 7. UTUCA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi laeves, gra- 

 ciles, oblique asceudentes, capitis latitudine breviores ; articulus 

 3us conieus, aeutus, minimus. Antennae glabrae, sat robusiae. Ab- 

 domen alas posiicas longissime superans. Pedes longissimi, gra- 

 cillirai, calcaria lunga. Alae anticae subfissae, acutae, sat augusta?. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, 

 slender, obliquely ascending, shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint cunical, acute, very minute, less than one-fourth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae smooth, rather stout, a little more 

 than half the length of the fore wings. Abdomen extending for 

 almost its whole length beyond the hind wings. Legs very long and 

 slender ; spurs long. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings acute, 

 with a short cleft on the exterior border. Hind wings forming two 

 plumes, of which the hind one is very narrow. 



This genus may be termed a transition from Agdistes to Acip- 

 tilus. 



1. Utuca ochracealis. 



Foera. Cinerea, ceneo vix tincta ; thorax ochraceus; pedes albido- 

 cinerei. 



Female. Cinereous, with a slight tinge of ameous. Thorax 

 ochraeeous. Legs whitish cinereous. Fore wings without any 

 markings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Botes' collection. 



