LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 9 



Thoracis tegulae anticae subelevatae. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas 

 posticas non superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibia? posticas fasciculis 

 floccosis. Ala3 lougiusculae, vix denticulatae; anticae inargine exte- 

 riore flexo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi com- 

 pressed, vertical, rising rather higher than the head; third joint 

 linear, conical at the tip, more than half the length of the second. 

 Antennae slender, more than half the length of the body, with very 

 minute bristles, which are approximate towards the base — remote 

 from each other towards the tips — of the antennae. Front tegulte of 

 the thorax somewhat elevated. Abdomen lanceolate, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs rather stout ; 

 hind tibiae tufted with long curled hairs ; spurs rather long. Wings 

 rather long, not broad, hardly denticulated. Fore wings with a 

 flexure on the exterior border, whose hind part is very oblique. 



1. Masca abactalis. 



Mas. Pallide fusca, albido varia ; alee anticce lineis nigricante- 

 fuscis denticulatis indistinctis incompletes, maculis duabus 

 discalibus cequalibus nigricante-fuscis, lituris duabus albis 

 subapicalibus, lunulis marginalibus nigricante -fuscis ; pos- 

 ticcE spalio lato cos tali exteriore nigricante-fusco. 



Male. Pale brown, mingled with whitish. Abdomen mostly 

 whitish. Fore wings with the lines blackish brown, denticulated, 

 indistinct, incomplete ; two blackish brown spots of equal size in a 

 line on the disk ; two white subapical marks ; marginal lunules 

 blackish brown. Hind wings, a broad blackish brown space along 

 the apical half of the costa. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



Singapore. In Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Genus 7. PLATYDIA. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi longi, 

 compressi, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 2us subpilosus; 3us 

 linearis, apice conicus, 2i dimidio paullo lougior. Antennae setu- 

 losae, corpore paullo breviores. Abdomen alas posticas non super, 

 ans. Pedes sat validi, subnudi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longius- 

 culis. Alae vix denticnlatae, litura discali vitrea, inargine exteriore 

 flexo; anticae subfalca tee. 



Platydia, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 15. 



