LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



Genus 4. NEVIASCA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 oblique ascendentes, sat breves ; articulus 3us subconicus, 2i triente 

 non longior. Antennae corporis dimidio paullo longiores. Abdomen 

 conicum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibia? an tenures 

 subfasciculatae, posticae deuse fasciculatae calcaribus longis. Ala? 

 longiuscula?, vix latae ; anticae apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore 

 subangulato ; posticae margine exteriore angulato. Mas, — An- 

 tennae pectinatae, apices versus simplices. 



Male and female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis sbort. 

 Palpi obliquely ascending, rather short; third joint nearly conical, 

 about one-third of the length of the second. Antenna? a little more 

 than half the length ef the budy. Abdomen conical, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; anterior tibiae slightly tufted ; 

 hind tibiae densely tufted ; spurs long. Wings rather long, hardly 

 broad. Fore wings rectangular at the tips ; exterior border slightly 

 angular. Hind wings with the exterior border angular. Male. — 

 Antennae moderately pectinated to beyond the middle. 



1. Neviasca varialis. 



Mas et fcem. Cervina, subtus albida ; alee lineis fuscescentibus, 

 exteriore magis determinata extns albo marginata antice undu- 

 lata postice angulata, linea submarginali alba recta, lunulis 

 marginalibus albo marginatis ; antica? lituris costalibus albis, 

 macula discali vitrea angulata, macula contigua coMaque 

 apud apicem ochraceis ; poslica? gutta discali nigra. 



Male and female. Fawn-colour, mostly whitish beneath. 

 Wings with the lines brownish ; the exterior one more distinct than 

 the others, bordered with white exteriorly, undulating in the fore 

 wings, but forming a distinct angle in the hind wings ; submar- 

 ginal line white, straight, having between it and the exterior border 

 another white line, which includes three marginal lunules; of these 

 the fore one is very large ; fringe whitish. Fore wings with white 

 costal marks and with a discal vitreous angular spot corresponding 

 to the reniform mark, while the orbicular is represented by a black 

 point ; a spot adjoining the vitreous mark and the apical part of the 

 costa somewhat ochraceous. Hind wings with a black discal dot. 

 Length of the body 6J — 7 lines; of the wings 16 — 17 lines. 



a, b. North Hindostan. From Mr. James* collection. 

 c. — — ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



