LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1039 



Genus VANICELA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Palpi glabri, arcuati, gracillimi, 

 capitis latitudine duplo lougiores; articulus3us setiformis, 2o paullo 

 brevior. Antenna gracillimae, alis anticis vix breviores ; articulus 

 lus dilatatus, fusiformis. Abdomen longum. Pedes laeves, graciles. 

 Alae lanceolatae, acuta?, perangustae. 



Male. Body very slender. Palpi smooth, curved, very slender, 

 about twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, 

 a little shorter than the second. Antennae very slender, nearly as 

 long as the fore wings ; first joint nearly fusiform, much dilated. 

 Abdomen long, extending for nearly iis whole length beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Wings lanceolate, acute, very 

 narrow ; fringe long. 



1. Vanicela disjunctella. 



Mas. Alba ; alee antica vitta bis interrupta cuprea ; postica 

 albido-cinerea?. 



Male. White. Abdomen and hind wings whitish cinereous. 

 Fore wings with a cupreous stripe, which extends along the interior 

 border, and is interrupted at one-fourth of its length and again near 

 the middle. Length of the body 2\ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



Genus GASMARA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Palpi arcuati, capitis latitudine quad- 

 ruplo lon^iores ; articulus 3us 2o longior. Antennae alis auticis 

 paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans. Alae anticae 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore excavato. 



Allied to CEcophora. Female. — Body slender. Palpi curved, 

 four times longer thau the breadth of the head ; third joint longer 

 than the second. Antennae a little shorter than the fore wings. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore wiugs 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border excavated. 



