

LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 811 



as the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae with two moderately 

 long apical spurs ? Wings broad. Fore wings somewhat rounded; 

 first and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; fourth nearly 

 four times further from the third than the third is from the second. 



1. Argila basalis. 



Mas. Albido-cervina, albo fuscoque varia; alee anticce fasciis 

 duabus angulosis obliquis fuscis, postica albce. 



Male, Whitish fawn-colour. Thorax brown on each side by 

 the fore wing. Fore wings with a large white spot near the base ; 

 this spot has black flecks on the disk, and is mostly bordered with 

 black on the outer side ; a brown curved band is contiguous to this 

 spot, and has a darker outward border ; beyond the latter the wings 

 are pale brown, mostly whitish in front and with some whitish 

 marks elsewhere, and with two slender brown zigzag oblique bands. 

 Hind wings white. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Kev. D. F. Morgan. 



Genus 24, CEOEEMA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Palpi mediocriter longi, caput 

 superantes ; articulus 2us lo plus duplo longior ; 3us minutus, coni- 

 cus. Antennae latissime pectinatse. Abdomen alas posticas non 

 superans. Pedes nudi, gracillimi; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor 

 longis. Alae latae. 



Male. Body very slender. Proboscis very short or obsolete. 

 Palpi moderately long, extending beyond the head ; second joint 

 more than twice the length of the first ; third minute, conical. An- 

 tennae very deeply pectinated, much more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen extending almost as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 bare, very slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings very slightly convex along the costa, rounded at the 

 tips; second inferior vein about thrice further from the third than 

 from the first ; third very much further from the fourth than from 

 the second. 



1. Crorema mentiens. 



Mas. Pallide testacea ; abdomen supra albidum ; alee anticce 

 fascia interrupta fusca, postica? albidce. 



