LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 805 



Fore wings not broad, straight in front; first, second and third 

 inferior veins very near together at the base; fourth very remote 

 from them. Hind wings rather broader than the fore wings. 



1. Amsacta marginalis. 



Mas. Fusca; caput, pectus, abdomen subtus et pedes testacea ; 

 abdomen testaceo fasciatum ; alee anticce ferrugineo-fuscce, 

 testaceo marginatce. 



Male, Brown. Head, palpi, pectus, legs and abdomen be- 

 neath testaceous. Antennas black, testaceous above. Abdomen 

 dark brown, with testaceous bands. Fore wings ferruginous brown ; 

 costa and inner border testaceous. Hind wings brown. Length of 

 the body 4 — 4 \ lines ; of the wings 10 — 1 1 lines. 



a — c. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus 16. ARESTHA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi sat breves, 

 late ciliati ; articulus 2us lo multo longior ; 3us minimus. Antennas 

 latissime pectinate. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes gra- 

 ciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis ; anticae late ciliatae. 

 Alas anticae sat angustae ; posticas lata?. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis very short. Palpi rather 

 short, deeply fringed; second joint much longer than the first; 

 third very small. Antennae very deeply pectinated. Abdomen ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibiae with 

 four long spurs ; fore tibiae deeply ciliated. Fore wings not broad, 

 with three inferior veins, which are near together; third a little 

 further from the second than the second is from the first. Hind 

 wings broad. 



1. Arestha antica. 



Mas. Albida -testacea ; antenna albidce, ramis testaceis ; alee 

 anticce testacece, vittis duabus discalibus albidis ; posticae albce 

 ciliis testaceis. 



Male. Whitish testaceous. Antennae whitish, with testaceous 

 branches. Fore wings testaceous, with two discal whitish stripes. 

 Hind wings white, with testaceous ciliae. Length of the body 5 

 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



a. Java. From the East India Companv's collection. 



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