LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1077 



2. Nerice bifascia. 



Foem. Albido-cervina ; thorax strigis duabus subocellaribus fus- 

 cis; pedes antici supra fuscescentes ; aim anticce apud costam 

 fuscce fasciisque duabus duplicatis fuscis, exteriore furcata ; 

 posticce pallide fuscce, fascia discali subobsoleta albida. 



Female. Whitish fawn-colour. Antennae brown. Thorax 

 with an incomplete brown ocellus on each side. Fore legs brownish 

 above. Fore wings partly brown in front and with two double 

 brown bands, the outer one emitting a fork to the tip of the wing ; 

 fringe brown at the base. Hind wings pale brown, with an indis- 

 tinct whitish middle band. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



3. Nerice pallida. 



Mas. Pallide teslacea ; caput et palpi supra fusca ; thorax fusco 

 vittatus ; pedes antici supra fuscescentes ; alee anticce fasciis 

 duabus aut tribus subobsoletis albidis, apices versus ferruginece 

 fascia interrupta obliqua fusca. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Head and palpi above brown. An- 

 tennae brown. Thorax with a brown stripe. Fore legs brownish 

 above. Fore wings with two or three indistinct whitish bands, 

 partly ferruginous and with an interrupted oblique brown band 

 near the tips. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Geueral Hardwicke. 



Genus 59. TIFAMA. 



Foem. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 sat longi et graciles, oblique ascendentes, subtus lonsre pilosi, caput 

 superantes ; articulus 3us minutus. Antennae graciles, suhscrratae, 

 thoiace longiores. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. Pedes 

 sat graciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. Alae 

 sat longae et angustae ; anticae fusiformes, apud costam subconvexge, 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Mesoscia, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett, 194. 

 Hypopta, p.? H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 195. 



Female. Body rather slender. Proboscis not visible. Palpi 

 rather long and slender, obliquely ascending, with long hairs 



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