LEPtDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1125 



4. MlRESA DECEDENS. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; vertex flavus, ex parte luteus ; thorax flavus, 

 luteo trivittatus ; abdomen bast apiceque flavescens ; ala> an- 

 tica? fascia obliqua subobsoleta Jiavescente. 



Male. Ferruginous. Vertex yellow, partly luteous. Thorax 

 yellow, with three slight luteous stripes, partly luteous in front. 

 Abdomen mostly yellow at the base and at the tip. Fore wings 

 with an oblique very indistinct yellowish band beyond the middle. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 13 lines. 



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



5. MlRESA INORNATA. 



Fcem. Lutea ; caput antice subtusque, pectus, abdomen, pedes et 

 ala? ferruginea ; alee antica? apud marginem interiorem luteae ; 

 posticus luteo marginata. M. decedens,/aetfi. P 



Female. Luteous. Head in front and beneath, pectus, abdo- 

 men except at the base, legs and wings ferruginous. Fore wings 

 luteous towards the interior border. Hind wings with luteous bor- 

 ders. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Bengal. Presented by W. Masters, Esq. 



Genus 17. SOMARA. 



Fcem. Corpus pilosum, sat robustum. Proboscis non con- 

 spicua. Palpi graciles, porrecti, subpilosi, caput non superantes ; 

 articulus 3us lanceolatus, sat longus. Antennas graciles, simplices, 

 corporis dimidio multo breviores. Pedes robusti, valde pilosi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus duobus parvis apicalibus. Alas sat latae ; anticae 

 apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, tnargine exteriore sat obliquo ; 

 ! posticae abdomen superantes. 



Female. Body pilose, moderately stout. Proboscis very short 

 or obsolete. Palpi porrect, slender, slightly pilose, not extending 

 beyond the head; second joint very much longer than the first; 

 third lanceolate, moderately long. Antennae slender, simple, not 

 near half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending so far as 

 the hind wings. Legs very stout and pilose; hind tibiae with two 

 small apical spurs. Wings moderately broad, Fore wings straight 

 along the costa, rounded at the tips, rather oblique along the exterior 

 border; second inferior vein about twice further from the third than 

 from the first ; third rather nearer to the second than to the fourth. 



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