LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 919 



interior border, and with a row of black dots on the exterior border; 

 under side and hind wings pale luteous. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Ashanti. From the Wesleyan Missionary Society's collection. 



AN AXIL A NO TATA. 



Fcem. Albido-cervina ; palpi gracilis, caput sat longe superantes ; 

 articulus Sus longiconicus, acuminatus ; antennce subpectinatce ; 

 al& fusco conspersce, anticce ocello discali incompleto fusco- 

 cervino fasciisque duabus fusees centibus ; posticce macula 

 discali fasciaque fuscis. 



Female. Whitish fawn-colour. Palpi slender, extending some 

 distance beyond the head ; third joint elongate-conical, acuminated. 

 Antennae slightly pectinated. Wings flecked with brownish dots. 

 Fore wings above with a very slender and imperfect brownish band 

 near the base, and an angular more complete and broader one 

 beyond the discal ocellus, which is imperfect and composed of brown 

 and fawn-colour. Hind wings beneath with a brown discal spot 

 and a brown band between the spot and the border. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



Page 813. 



2. Prorodeca angulifera. 



Mas. Albida ; palpi, pedes et alee anticce pallide cervina ; antenna 

 ramis fuscis : alee anticce fascia angulata e guttis septem 

 nigris ; posticce apud margines pallide cervince. 



Whitish, Palpi, legs and fore wings pale fawn-colour. An- 

 tennae with brown branches. Fore wings with seven black dots, 

 forming an obtusely angular band. Hind wings pale fawn-colour 

 along the exterior border. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Genus LOPERA. 



In the Synopsis, page 780, this genus may be placed with 

 Poloma, from which it is thus distinguished : — 



* Alae anticae margine exteriore vix obliquo. - - Poloma. 

 ** Alae anticae margine exteriore sat obliquo. - Lopera. 



