LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 903 



tending as far as the hind wings. Legs stout; femora and tibiae 

 pilose ; hind tibiae with two long apical spurs. Wings broad or very 

 broad. Fore wings generally convex, nearly straight along the 

 costa, almost rectangular at the tips, hardly convex, and very 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border; interior angle much 

 rounded; three inferior veins; second full thrice further from the 

 third than from the first. Male. — Antennae deeply pectinated, very 

 much longer than the thorax. Fein. — Antennas slightly pectinated. 



A. Alae murinae. Hades, Walk. 



B. Alae fuscae. ---_-. edulis, Boisd. 



C. Alae ferrugineae, cervinae aut flavae. 



A. Alae non fascia tae. ----- concolor, Walk. 



B. Alae bi fascia tae. 



a. Alae fasciis fuscis. 



a. Alae anticae costa subconvexa. - plumipes, Walk. 



b. Alae anticae costa recta. - degenera, Walk. 

 B. Alae fasciis fulvis. ----- incerta, Walk. 

 c. Alae fasciis ferrugineis. - mutans, Walk. 



C. Alae fasciis nonnullis. - imbecilis, Walk. 



D. Alae fasciis plurimis. 



a. Thorax antice flavus. - undifera, Walk. 



b. Thorax antice non flavus. - nndans, Walk. 



D. Alae citrinae. ------ citrina, Walk. 



E. Alae maris testaceae fcem. cervinae. - - bipars, Walk. 



F. Alae maris flavae,/a°m. testaceae. 



A. Alae ferrugineo fasciatae. - - - - lineata, Walk. 



B. Alae fusco fasciatae. - geminata, Walk. 



1. Dreata edulis. 



Mas. Fusca ; alee antica fasciis guatuor obliguis nigricantibus, 

 la 2o et 3a duplicatis testaceo divisis ; posticus fasciis duabus. 



Bombyx edulis ? Boisd. Voy. Afr. et Austral. 599. 

 Bombyx Boschmana, Boisduval, MSS. 

 Bombyx patula, MSS. 



Male. Brown. Antennae with black branches. Abdomen 

 paler than the head and the thorax< Fore wings with four oblique 

 blackish bands ; first, second and third double, and with testaceous 

 intervals; first angular; second irregular, the space between it and 

 the third occupied by several parallel wavy slighter bands, which 

 conform to the third band ; fourth band single, with slight testa- 

 ceous borders. Hind wings like the fore wings ; first and second 

 bands obsolete. Length of the body 17 lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 



