﻿LEPIDDPTERA HETEROCERA. 1107 



1. AVATHA INCLUDENS. 



FcEm. Alba; palpi basi nigri ; thorax fiisco fasciatiis, nigro 

 biguttatus ; abdomen apice fuscescens ; tarsi nigro fasciati ; 

 alee anticce guttis costalibus, guttis tribus discalibus, linea 

 arcuata guttaque apud marginem interiorem nigria^ striga cos- 

 tali albo signata guttisque marginalibus fuscis ; posticce extus 

 subcenece, lunulis marginalibus fuscis. 



Female, White. Palpi black towards the base. Thorax with 

 a pale brown band, and with a black dot on each side in front. 

 Abdomen with a brownish tinge towards the tip. Tarsi with 

 blackish bands. Fore wings with three black dots on the interior 

 part of the costa, the third larger than the others, and with three 

 black dots in the disk behind it ; a large brown streak on the exte- 

 rior part of the costa, including some black costal dots and a white 

 costal streak and partly bordered with and including hindward a 

 black curved line ; a black dot on the interior border beyond two- 

 thirds of the length, and a row of indistinct brownish marginal dots. 

 Hind wings with an asneous tinge exteriorly and with brown margi- 

 nal lunules. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Hindostan. In Mr Saunders' collection. 



Genus 20. ERCHEIA. 



Fcem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi erecti, 

 sat graciles ; articulus 2us subpilosus ; 3us linearis, compressus, 

 gracilis, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen lanceolatum, basi bicristatum, alas posticas vix superans. 

 Pedes sat graciles ; femora pilosa ; tibiae postica) calcaribus longis- 

 simis. Alae anticae sat angustae, apud costam rectae, apice angu- 

 latae, raargine exteriore subconvexo perobliquo valde denticulato ; 

 posticae subdenticulatae. 



Female, Body hardly stout. Proboscis of moderate length. 

 Palpi vertical, rather slender ; second joint slightly pilose ; third 

 linear, compressed, much more slender than the second and a little 

 more than half its length. Antennae simple, much more than half 

 the length of the body. Abdomen lanceolate, with a double crest 

 at the base, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather 

 slender; iemora pilose; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Fore 

 wings rather narrow, straight along the costa, angular at the tips, 

 much deniiculated, slightly convex and very oblique along the ex- 

 terior border. Hind wings slightly denticulated. 



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