LEPlDOPTERA HEfEROCERA. 1015 



Genus SAPTHA. 



Mas. Corpus robustura. Proboscis nulla. Palpi laeves, gra- 

 ciles, porrecti, caput vix superantes ; articulus 3us linearis, 2o brevior. 

 Antennae latae, compressae, squamosa?. Tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor longis. Alae anticae sat angustae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint linear, 

 shorter than the second. Antennae broad, compressed, squamous. 

 Legs smooth, stout, squamous ; hind tibiae with four long spurs. 

 Wings rather narrow. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; 

 costa straight ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. 



1. SaPTHA D1VITIOSA. 



Mas. Viridis, micans ; antenna? nigra?; tarsi nigri, albo fasciati ; 

 al& antica linea media arcuata nigra, dimidio basali cupreo 

 lituris viridibus nigro marginatis includente, lituris basali bus 

 nigris, margine exteriore atro ; posticus flava, nigro late mar- 

 ginata, fimbria albido-cinerea. 



Male. Brilliant metallic-green. Antennae black. Thorax 

 with two purplish cupreous stripes. Tarsi black, with white bands. 

 Fore wings with the basal half cupreous, divided from the exterior 

 half by an inward-curved black line, and containing a few basal 

 black marks, a green costal streak, an elongated green ringlet pro- 

 ceeding from the base, and a transverse green black-bordered streak 

 extending from the costa to the disk ; exterior border deep black. 

 Hind wings yellow, with a broad black border ; two black lines, one 

 subcostal, the other near the interior border ; fringe whitish cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Ceram. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Genus ASCHA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus, laevis, 

 squamosus. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi porrecti, squamosi, rostri- 

 formes, capitis latitudine paullo longiores ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 

 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae articulo lo crasso. Tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alae anticae vix acutae, fasciculo 

 costali squamoso, margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo. 



