LBPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA.. 1013 



Male. Silvery white. Abdomen and wings beneath dark 

 cinereous: Fore wings with a slender cupreous-brown costal stripe, 

 which extends to the tip. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



Genus DEUA. 



Foem. Corpus robustum. Palpi porrecti, sat graciles, capitis 

 latitudine multo breviores ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o brevior. 

 Antenna? glabrae, breviusculae, sat validae. Ala? anticae latae, apice 

 subrotundatae, costa margineque exteriore vix convexis, margine 

 exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Body robust. Palpi porrect, rather slender, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, shorter 

 than the second. Antennas smooth, rather short and stout. Wings 

 broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior 

 border very slightly convex, the latter moderately oblique. 



1. Deua imbutana. 



Fcem. Purpurascente-cuprea ; alee anticce litura discali transversa 

 nigra elongata ochraceo marginata. 



Female. Purplish cupreous, cinereous-cupreous beneath. An- 

 tennae pale cinereous. Fore wings with a transverse black elongated 

 ochraceous-bordered discal mark. Length of the body 2 lines ; of 

 the wings 5| lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus M2EPHA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi porrecti, 

 graciles, laeves, acuti, caput non superantes. Antennae robustae, 

 pubescentes, setulosae, vix moniliformes. Abdomen alas posticas 

 sat superans, fasciculo apicali et sexualibus maximis. Pedes validi, 

 laeves, calcaribus robustis. Alae anticae elongatae, apice rotuudatae, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 smooth, acute, not extending beyond the head. Antennae stout, 

 pubescent, setulose, hardly moniliform. Abdomen extending some- 

 what beyond the hind wings ; apical appendages and tuft very 



