﻿LEPIDOFTEEA HETEROCERA. 1119 



1. Callvna SIDEREA. 



Purpiireo-nigra, suhtus lutea ; abdomen apicem luteum ; ped^s 

 luteo fasciati ; alee anticcB lineis liturisque iransversis gutlis- 

 que submarginalihus atris, necnon maculis guttisque margina- 

 libiis luteis et albis ; posticce cinerece^ fascia interrupta aut 

 abbreviata alba. 



Callyna Siderea, Guen. Noct, i. 113, 178. 



Silhet. 



a. North Hindostan. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 6, c. North Hindostan. From Mr. Stevens' coUectiou. 



2. Callyna decoka. 



Fcem. Cupreo-nigra, subtus cinerea; palporum articulus 3m5 2i 

 triente non brevior ; alee anticce maculis quatuor roseo-albis 

 guttisque duabus albis costalibus ; posticce cinerece, giitta api- 

 cali albida. 



Female. Black, with an indistinct cupreous tinge, cinereous be- 

 neath. Proboscis tawny. Third joint of the palpi almost one-third 

 of the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with 

 four rosy-white spots and with two white dots along the costa ; first 

 spot near the base larger than the second and than the third ; the two 

 dots between the third and tbe fourth, which is apical and larger 

 than the first. Hind wings cinereous, with a whitish apical dot. 

 Length of the body 7i lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Port Natal. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 31. PROMETOPUS. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Frons valde prominens. Pro- 

 boscis mediocris. Palpi porrecti, longi ; articulus 3us subspatuli- 

 formis, 2o non brevior. Antennae graciles, simplices, subpubes- 

 centes, corporis dimidio longiores. Thorax brevis, villoso-birsutus. 

 Abdomen lineare, alas posticas triente superans. Pedes brevius- 

 culi ; postici non longiores, calcaribus iueequalibus. Alas sat 

 angustae ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, apice rectangulata?, 

 margine exteriore postico mediocriter obliquo. 



Prometopus, Guen. Noct. i. 38. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Front very prominent, rugulose, 

 rounded. Proboscis of moderate length. Palpi porrect, long ; 



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