LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 145 



Male. Ochraceous. Palpi long, compressed, pubescent, re- 

 flexed, extending to the middle of the thorax ; first joint clavate, 

 more than half the length of the second ; second curved ; third 

 straight, linear, apparently securiform at the tip, a little longer than 

 the second. Antennae dilated and tufted beyond the middle, con- 

 voluted and setose from thence to the tips. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Fore tibiae dilated and tufted. 

 Wings long, narrow, with a black band, which extends from the 

 tips of the fore wings to the interior angle of the hind wings, and 

 is diffuse on the exterior side ; exterior line blackish, denticulated, 

 near the inner side of the band ; interior line undulating, indistinct, 

 incomplete ; submarginal line partly concealed by the band, with a 

 whitish border in front. Fore wings mottled along the costa, with 

 a black streak which extends from the band to the angle of the ex- 

 terior border; orbicular mark whitish, oblong, with a dark border; 

 a blackish spot behind it ; reniform black, bordered with white on 

 the outer side. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 

 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



8. Megatomis Polycletusalis. 



Mas. LnteO'iestacea ; palpi thoracis marginem posticum fere at- 

 tingentes, articulo \o brevi, 2o valde arcuato, 3o recto cylin- 

 drico ; tibia antica? dilatator et fasciculate ; ale fusee, 

 denticulate, sat anguste, fascia discali lata abbreviata diffusa 

 obliqua albida lineam exteriorem fuscam undulatam inclu- 

 dente, linea submarginali lutea denticulata undulata, spatio 

 marginali purpuras cente ; antice subangulate, striga lata 

 marginali fusca, ocello apicali, orbiculari et reniformi, nigris y 

 hac perangusta, ilia obliqua. 



Male. Luteous-testaceous. Palpi very long, compressed, pubes- 

 cent, reverted to beyond the middle of the thorax ; first joint short; 

 second much curved, with some long hairs proceeding from its tip ; 

 third straight, cylindrical, longer than the second. Antennae 

 dilated and tufted beyond the middle, convoluted and setose from 

 thence to the tips. Fore tibiae dilated and tufted. Abdomen ex- 

 tending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings denticulated, 

 mostly brown, rather long and narrow, with a broad diffuse abbre- 

 viated oblique whitish discal band, which contains the brown 



