LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 961 



Genus TIRATHABA. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum, laeve. Proboscis mediooris. Palpi 

 laeves, porrecti, capitis latitudine vix breviores ; articulus 3us longi- 

 conicus, 2i triente non longior. Antennae graciles, breves. Pedes 

 laeves, breviusculi, sat validi. Alae anticae latae, elongatae, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo. 



Female. Body thick, smooth. Proboscis moderately long. 

 Palpi smooth, porrect, nearly as long as the breadth of the head; 

 third joint elongate-conical, about one-third of the length of the 

 second. Antennae smooth, slender, less than half the length of the 

 fore wings. Legs smooth, rather short and stout ; spurs long. 

 Wings broad, elongate ; fringe moderately long. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips ; costa straight; exterior border convex, mode- 

 rately oblique. 



1. TlRATHABA MUNDELLA. 



Fcem. Pallide cinereo-rosea ; corpus subtus argenteo-albidum ; 

 abdomen, alee anticce subtus alceque poslica subaurato -Jiaves- 

 centia ; alee anticce puncto discali nigricante, costa apicem 

 versus margineque exteriore nigricante punctatis. 



Female. Pale cinereous-rosy. Body silvery whitish beneath. 

 Abdomen, fore wings beneath and hind wings yellowish, slightly 

 gilded. Fore wings with a blackish discal point at two-thirds of the 

 length ; apical part of the costa and exterior border with minute 

 blackish points. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus CADRA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 validi, verticem paullo superantes ; articulus 2us squamosus ; 3us 

 lanceolatus, 2i dimidio non lougior. Palpi maxillares conspicui. 

 Antenna? glabrae, sat robustae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. 

 Pedes laeves sat graciles ; calcaria longa. Alae anticae longae, 

 angustse, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore subrecto vix obliquo. 



Male and female. Body slender. Proboscis moderately long 

 and stout. Palpi stout, nearly erect, rising a little higher than the 

 vertex; second joint squamous; third lanceolate, about half the 

 length of the second. Maxillary palpi distinct. Antennae smooth, 



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