LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 829 



Liparis caenosa, Boisd. Ind. Meth. Lep. Eur. Freyer, Neure Lep. 

 Lep. Brit. ii. 34, pi. 202, f. 116. 



a—f. Whittlesea Mere. Presented by Mr. Foxcroft. 

 g — n. Whittlesea Mere. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 o,p. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



3. L^lia Sinensis. 



Mas et foem. Albida, vix subtestacea ; palpi testacei, apice 

 albidi ; antennce fuscce, supra albce ; alee posticce albce. Mas 

 — Abdomen supra f us cum. 



Male and fern. Whitish, with a slight testaceous tinge. Palpi 

 testaceous, with whitish tips. Antennas brown, white above. Hind 

 wings white. Male. — Abdomen pale brown above. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. 



a, b. Hong Kong. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Champion. 



Genus 39. LEUCOMA. 



Corpus sat gracile, subpilosum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi 

 porrecti, sat validi, subpilosi, caput non superantes ; articulus 2us 

 lo multo longior ; 3us minutus, conicus, acutus. Abdomen alas 

 posticas non superans. Pedes sat graciles, vix pilosi ; tibiae posticse 

 calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae latee. Mas. — Antennae latissime 

 pectinatae. Foem. — Antennae late pectinatae. 



Leucoma, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 64. 



Bombyx, p., Fabr. ; Borkh. ; Esp.; H'ubn. ; H&w.; God. 



Phalaena-Bombyx, p., Gmel. 



Liparis, p., Ochs. 



Laria, p., H'ubn.; Meig. 



Arctia, p., Curt. 



Orgya, p., Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Lepid. 67. 



Laelia, p., Herr.-S chaff. 



Body rather slender, slightly hairy. Proboscis very short. 

 Palpi porrect, rather stout, slightly hairy, not or hardly extending 

 beyond the head ; second joint much longer than the first; third 

 minute, conical, acute. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs rather slender, hardly pilose; hind tibiae with four 

 long spurs. Wings broad, very slightly pilose. Fore wings almost 

 straight along the costa, rounded at the tips ; second inferior vein 

 more than twice further from the third than from the first, to which 

 it is very near ; third nearly or much more than twice further from 

 the fourth than from the second. Male. — Antennae very deeply 

 pectinated. Female. — Antennae deeply pectinated. 



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