LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 803 



with a whitish border; cilia with alternate brown and whitish bands. 

 Hind wings whitish, powdered with brown, and with a brown spot 

 on the under side in the disk before the middle. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



3. Lacida subnotata. 



Mas. Fusca ; corpus suhtus pallide testaceum ; palpi testacei; 

 pedes albidi ,• alarum disci subtus plerumque lutei macula 

 discali obscure fusca ; posticce vitta supra lata discali fulva. 



Male. Brown. Body pale testaceous beneath. Palpi pale 

 testaceous. Antennae pale brown, with darker branches. Legs 

 whitish. Disks of the wings beneath mostly luteous, with a dark 

 brown spot by each discal areolet. Hind wings above with a broad 

 tawny discal stripe. Length of the body 3£ lines; of the wings 

 9 lines. 

 a. Ceylon. From the Rev. J. Wenham's collection. 



4. Lacida postica. 



Mas. Fusca; corpus subtus, palpi et pedes albida; alee anticce 

 fusco obscuriore albidoque varice. 



Male. Brown. Palpi, body beneath and legs whitish. Fore 

 wings indistinctly varied with dark brown and dingy white; the 

 former colour forms a zigzag band ; the latter a double band, single 

 in the middle and crossing the other very obliquely. Hind wings 

 rather darker than the fore wings. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 10 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Genus 14. TEIA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Palpi densissime pilosi ; articu- 

 lus 2us lo longior ; 3us minimus. Antennae latissime pectinatae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, hirti ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus apicalibus mediocriter longis. Alae anticae sat 

 angustae, posticae latiores. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Palpi very thickly clothed with 

 hairs ; second joint longer than the first ; third very small. Antennae 

 very deeply pectinated. Abdomen tapering slightly from the base 

 to the tip, extending as far as the hind wings. Legs stout, hairy ; 

 hind tibiae with two apical spurs of moderate length. Fore wings 



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