LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



OROSANA ? BEATELLA. 



Mas. Schistacea, crassa ; palpi verticem non superantes ; ab- 

 domen auratum ; tibice posticus subfimbriatce ; alee unticce vix 

 acuta, lineis transversis fttscescentibus interrupts, plagis 

 duabus purpureo-fuscis, punctis atris marginalibus, linea 

 marginali purpurea ; postica? aurato-Jlava?, cupreo mar- 

 ginata. 



Male. Slaty cinereous, thick, smooth, squamous. Palpi 

 smooth, curved, not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, much shorter than the second. Antennae smooth, rather 

 shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen gilded, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, smooth ; hind tibiae slightly 

 fringed. Fore wings hardly acute, wilh several brownish interrupted 

 transverse lines, and with two dark brown purple-tinged patches ; 

 first patch extending from the interior border to the interior disk ; 

 second much larger than the first, extending from the interior angle 

 to the disk ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique, with deep 

 black points and with a purple marginal line ; costa convex towards 

 the base. Hind wings gilded yellow ; interior border and exterior 

 border cupreous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



This species has some resemblance to a Carpocapsa. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Page 461. 

 Genus INAPHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Caput convexum, antice sub- 

 quadratum. Proboscis longiuscula. Antennae glabrae, longiusculae. 

 Abdomeu alas posticas sat superaus. Pedes laeves, validi; tibia; 

 posticae pilosae ; calcaria longissima. Alae anticae elongatae, acutae, 

 margine exteriure subexcavato vix obliquo. 



Allied to Simaethis. Male. — Body rather stout. Head very 

 convex above, subquadrate in front. Proboscis rather long. An- 

 tennae smooth, rather long, much shorter than the fore wings. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, 

 stout ; spurs very long ; hind tibiae pilose. Wings elongate, mode- 

 Tately broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly curved 

 inward, hardly oblique. 



