LEriDOPTEEA HETEROCEEA. 967 



Male. Head, pectus in front, femora and a band on the fore 

 part of the thorax luteous. Antennae white, with brown branches. 

 Thorax with white hairs. Abdomen almost bare, except at the 

 base and beneath, where it is clothed with white hairs; a tuft of 

 luteous hairs at the tip ; tibiae and tarsi whitish. Fore wings bare, 

 limpid, with brown hairs at the base and along part of the interior 

 border. Hind wings with brown hairs, bare and limpid for a space 

 along the apical half of the costa. Length of the body 3 — 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 6—15 lines. 



Var. p. Wings partly pale brown. 

 Var. y. Wings partly white. 



a, b. Nepaul. From Mr. Saunders' collection, 

 c, d. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 e. Hong Kong. From Mr. Harrington's collection. 



Genus 15. LOMEEA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, pilosum. Palpi obsoleti. Antennae 

 thorace non breviores, latissime pectinatae, apices versus subpecti- 

 natae. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes sat graciles ; 

 femora et tibiae pilosa ; tibiae anticae appendiculatae. Alae vestitae, 

 opacae, vix latae, non longae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice ro- 

 tundatae, margine exteriore obliquo. 



Male. Body stout, pilose. Head, thorax and abdomen at the 

 base most thickly clothed with hairs. Palpi obsolete? Antennae 

 as long as the thorax, pectinated to the tips ; branches very long, 

 abruptly short towards the tips. Abdomen extending very little be- 

 yond the hind wings. Legs rather slender; femora and tibiae 

 pilose ; fore tibiae with a long appendage. Wings clothed, opaque, 

 hardly broad, not long. Fore wings straight in front, rounded at 

 the tips, oblique along the exterior border; interior angle much 

 rounded ; subcostal vein emitting two branches ; discal areolet 

 intersected by a distinct vein ; three inferior veins ; first forked near 

 its base; second as near to the third as to the first. Hind wings 

 more than half the length of the fore wings, not truncated; exterior 

 border forming an almost right angle with the interior border. 



1. LOMEEA BoiSDUVALII ? 



Mas. Fulva, dense pilosa ; antennae nigrce ; pedes fusci ; alee 

 nigra, opaca, basi subfulva. " Habitaculum elongatum, sen- 

 sim altenuatum, extus ramulis brevissimis, numerosissimis, 

 omnino affixis obteclum" 



