LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 787 



Male. Brown. Body beneath, palpi and legs whitish. Head 

 whitish about the eyes. Palpi pale brown above. Wings with a 

 dark brown discal dot, which is accompanied by a testaceous streak ; 

 fore wings a little paler above than the hind wings, each with an 

 oblique indistinct subapical band of minute dark brown dots ; cilia 

 with alternate brown and testaceous bands ; under side whitish 

 brown. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. North India. From L. James' collection. 



15. Orgyia bicolor. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-lutea ; antennce testacece ; tibice poslicce calcari- 

 hus quatuor longis ; alee anticce subtus posticceque obscure 

 fuscce. 



Male. Rusty luteous. Antennae testaceous. Wings dark 

 brown, with a whitish fringe. Fore wings above rusty luteous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. East Indies. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



16. Orgyia austealis. 



Fcem. Cinerea. 



Female. Cinereous. 



Larva. Brownish cinereous, with very long hairs. Head with 

 a tuft of long black capitate hairs on each side. 



a, b. New Holland. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



Genus 2. OXICESTA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Palpi breves, graciles, caput non 

 superantes ; articulus 3us acuto-conicus. Antennas simplices, tho- 

 race paullo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. 

 Pedes graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus parvis apicalibus. Alae 

 angustae. 



Oxicesta, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 144. 



Clidia, Boisd. Gen. et Ind. Meth. Eur. Lep. 68. 



Male. Body stout. Palpi short, slender, not extending beyond 

 the head ; third joint acute-conical. Antennae simple, rather longer 

 than the thorax. Abdomen extending some distance beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae with short apical spurs. 



