LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 157 



Male. Body very stout and pilose. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 stout, vertical, rather long, thickly tufted to their tips; second joint 

 slightly curved ; third lanceolate, much shorter than the second, its 

 tuft rising much above it. Antennae more than half the length of 

 the body, crenulated with short cilia?, gradually becoming simple 

 towards their tips. Abdomen somewhat tumid, lanuginous on each 

 side. Legs stout, densely tufted ; spurs very long. Wings ample, 

 stout. Fore wings squamous ; costa enlarged and angular in the 

 middle, abruptly but obliquely truncated from thence to the tips; 

 exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind wings slightly denti- 

 culated, and towards the interior angle slightly excavated. 



This genus hardly belongs to the Herminidce. 



1. Ortopla Iakbasalis. 



Mas. Luteo-fulva ; thorax fusco bifasciatus, pilis plurimis albis ; 

 abdomen basi fas cicula turn ; alcB anticrn ceneo micacece, lineis 

 denticulatis albo submarginatis fasciisque interrupts e squamis 

 fuscis, costa apicem versus incrassata ; posticce pallide lutecc^ 

 nitentes, fascia margineqxie latissimo fuscescente-cupreis. 



Luteous-tawny. Thorax with two brown bands and with many 

 white hairs. Abdomen tufted towards the base. Fore wings 

 glistening with aeneous, with denticulated lines and interrupted 

 bands composed of brown speckles ; the lines partly and irregularly 

 bordered with white ; costa thickened in the truncated part. Hind 

 wings pale luteous, shining, with a band and a very broad border 

 brownish cupreous. Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 23. MAEDAKA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Palpi squamosi, compressi, angulati ; 

 articulus 2us longissimus, porrectus, vix ascendens; 3us 2i dimidio 

 brevior. Antennae graciles, arcuatae, setis minutis. Abdomen alas 

 posticas vix superans. Pedes graciles, subnudi. Alae angustae, 

 longiusculae ; anticae vix falcatae, margiue exteriore subflexo. 



Female. Resembles some of the Hypenidce. Body slender. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi squamous, compressed ; second joint very 

 long, porrect, hardly ascending; third a little less than half the 

 length of the second, with which it forms an almost right angle. 

 Antennae slender, curved, with minute setae. Abdomen extending 



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