﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 993 



Female, Reddish fawn-colour, whitish beneath. Third joint 

 of the palpi as long; as the second. Antennae quite simple. Abdo- 

 men pale cinereous, with a slip^ht metallic tin^e. Fore wings 

 slightly tinged with shining purple, with three indistinct diffuse un- 

 dulating blackish bands, and with a row of subniarginal blackish 

 dots; reniform spot indicated by a blackish mark; tips somewhat 

 rounded ; exterior border nearly straight, hardly oblique. Hind 

 wings pale cinereous, with an aeneous tinge. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Genus 4. ERIOCERA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum. Proboscis gracilis, sat longa. Palpi 

 erecli, longissimi ; articulus 2us arcuatus, compressus, latus, caput 

 superans; 3us longissimus, thoracem superans, fasciculo maximo 

 longissimo armatus. Antennae pubescentes, ciliatae, sat validae. 

 Thorax elongatus, tegulis acutis longissimis. Abdomen longura, 

 subdepressum, basi subcristatum, alas posticus dimidio superans. 

 Tibiae anticag villosae, dilatatae. Alae elongatae ; anlicae acutae, mar- 

 gine exteriore angulato. 



Eriocera, Guen, Noct ii. 401. 



Male, Body stout. Proboscis slender, rather long. Palpi 

 vertical, extremely long ; second joint curved, broad, compressed, 

 extending above the head ; third very long, extending above the 

 thorax, with a large tuft, which is Tour times its length. Antennae 

 pubescent, ciliated, rather stout. Thorax elongated ; lappets acute, 

 very long. Abdomen long, slightly depressed, slightly crested at the 

 base, extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 tibiae villose, dilated, forming beneath a cavity clothed with silky 

 hairs. Wings rather long, not broad. Fore wings straight along 

 the costa, acute at the tips, with a slight angle in the middle of the 

 exterior border. 



This genus may belong to the Pyralites, 



1. Eriocera mitrula. 



AlcB anticcB cinereo-fvscce, nitentes^ rvfescente sufftisce, lineis dna- 

 hus medianis nigris denticulatis, orbiculari et reniformi 

 maculaque postica vagis rufescentihus ; posticce nigricantes^ 

 ciliarum incisuris albo-rufescentibus. 



