﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1109 



1. Plotheia frontalis. 



Foem. Pallidissime cervina; thorax et alee anticcB fiir'ico subcon- 

 spersa ; ales anticce lituris transversis costalibas, lineis duahus 

 angulosis undulatis lineaque submarginali arcuata fuscis, 

 guttis marginalibus elongatis nigris ; posticce cinerece, cupreo- 

 fasco marginatce. 



Female, Very pale fawn-colour. Thorax and fore wings 

 slightly speckled with brown. Fore wings with transverse brown 

 marks along the costa, with two zigzag and undulating dark brown 

 lines, with a submarginai curved dark brown line, which is partly 

 obsolete hindward, and with elongated black marginal dots. Hind 

 wings cinereous, with cuprec^us-browa borders. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 22. DIOMEA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, lati, compressi, subarcuati, pilosissimi ; articulus 3us 2i 

 dimidio vix brevior. Antennae pubescentes, corporis dimidio vix 

 longiores. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas perpauUo supe- 

 rans. Pedes sat validi, dense pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus Ion- 

 gissimis. Alae subdenticulatae, non longae; anticae apud costam 

 rectae, ad apices valde rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo vix 

 obliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi ascending, 

 broad, compressed, slightly curved, second and third joints very 

 pilose ; third a little less than half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae pubescent, very little more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen lanceolate, extending very little beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs rather stout, densely pilose; tibiae with very long spurs. 

 Wings moderately broad, not long, slightly denticulated. Fore 

 wings straight along the costa, much rounded at the tips, convex 

 and hardly oblique along the exterior border. 



