LEPIUOPTERA HETEROCERA. 357 



17. Samea gratjosalis. 



Mas. Rosea, flavo varia, subtus Jlavescente-alba roseo ex parte ne- 

 bulosa ; palpi subtus albi, articulo So conico brevissimo ; ab- 

 domen alas posticas superans ; alee fasciis duabus abbreviatis 

 vitreis ; anticce apice subrotundatce, margine exteriore per- 

 oblxquo ; posticce fascia la minima, 2a lata valde abbre- 

 viate . 



Male. Kose-colour, irregularly varied with yellow, yellowish 

 white and partly clouded with rose-colour beneath. Palpi white 

 beneath ; third joint conical, not more than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, very oblique along the 

 exterior border, with two irregular abbreviated vitreous bands. 

 Hind wings with two yet more irregular vitreous bands ; the first 

 very short and narrow ; the second broad, muoh abbreviated hind- 

 ward. Length of the body 3£ lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a b. Ceylon. Presented by K. Templeton, Esq. 



Genus 6. SALBIA. 



Corpus gracile. Palpi breves, compressi, squamoso hirsuti, 

 subascendentes ; articulus 3us brevissimus. Palpi maxillares ob- 

 solete Antennas aut simplices aut triente basali contorta fasciculata. 

 Abdomen elongatum, apice valde acutum. Alas nitentes, lineis 

 non diversis ; anticas oblongas ; posticas angulo interiore non 

 elongate 



Salbia, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 198. 



Body slender. Palpi short, compressed, squamous hirsute, 

 slightly ascending ; third joint very short. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 

 Antennas of the male in some species simple and bare, in others 

 with one-third of the length from the base contorted and furnished 

 with tufts of hairs. Abdomen elongated, with bands or with various 

 colours; apical segment produced into a very acute point and often 

 marked. Wings shining, with like lines. Fore wings oblong. 

 Hind wings with the interior angle rounded. 



