LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1017 



costa, somewhat angular at the tips, a little oblique and not scal- 

 loped along the exterior border ; first and second inferior veins con- 

 tiguous beneath ; third rather remote. 



1. Ramesa tosta. 

 Fcem. Fusca ; antenna et abdomen testacea ; thorax fulvo varius ; 

 alee anticce futvee, disco testacece, apud costarn nigro-fuscce, 

 cano strigatce, guttis exterioribus nigris ; postica? pallide 

 cinerece. 

 Female. Brown. Antennae and abdomen testaceous. Crest 

 and scapula? of the thorax somewhat tawny. Fore wings tawny, 

 testaceous in the disk, blackish brown along the costa to two-thirds 

 of the length ; two or three hoary streaks between the discal areolet 

 and the exterior border ; a row of black dots along the exterior bor- 

 der parallel to another row in the disk at half the distance between 

 the exterior border and the discal areolet ; under side and the hind 

 wings pale cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



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



Genus 18. XENIARA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis inconspicua. Palpi 

 mediocriter longi, porrecti, pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articu- 

 lus 3us minutus, conicus. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, thorace 

 aequales. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi, 

 pilosi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus minutis apicalibus. Alae latius- 

 culae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi porrect, 

 pilose, moderately long, extending a little beyond the head ; third 

 joint minute, conical. Antennae moderately pectinated, as long as 

 the thorax. Abdomen extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 stout, pilose; hind tibiae with minute apical spurs. Wings rather 

 broad. Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, oblique 

 along the exterior border ; interior angle much rounded ; third 

 superior vein forked near its base ; discal areolet intersected by a 

 secondary vein; three inferior veins; first and second contiguous at 

 the base ; third remote. Costa of the hind wings very convex near 

 •the base. 



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