﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 1389 



basi vix cristatum, apice fascicu latum. Pedes valde robusti, dense 

 vestiti ; tarsi subtus spinosi ; tibiae postica? calcaribus longis validis. 

 Alae robustoB; anticae acutae, noii falcatae, apud costain vix arcuatae, 

 margine exteriore subobliquo subarcuato. 



Male. Body very robust, densely clotbed. Proboscis stout, 

 moderately long. Palpi vertical ; second joint long, stout, sligbtly 

 curved, densely clothed ; third conical, extremely minute. Antennae 

 distinctly crenulate, with minute tufts of ciliae. Abdomen cylin- 

 dric-conical, hardly extending beyond the hind wings, tufted at the 

 tip, hardly crested towards the base. Legs very stout ; femora and 

 tibiae densely clothed ; tarsi minutely spinose beneath ; hind tibiae 

 with long stout spurs. Wings siout, moderately broad. Fore 

 wings acute, not falcate, very slightly curved along the costa, 

 sligbtly oblique and curved along the exterior border. 



1. AeTENA sub MIR a. 



Mas. Fernigineo-fusca^ subtus testacea ; pectus fulvescens ; abdo' 

 men fuscum, fasciculo apicali testaceo ; alee an tiers albido- 

 purpiirascente conspersce^ margine exteriore strigaque antica 

 rufo-fernigi7ieis, lineis quinque transversis obscure fuscis, la 

 basali abhreviata^ 2a obliqua subrecta^ 3a undulata, 4a sub- 

 marginali recta obliqua, ba marginali denticulata ; posticce 

 obscure fuscce, ciliis testaceis, subtus pallide flavce, 



Male, Ferruginous-brown, testaceous beneath. Palpi testa- 

 ceous on the inner side. Antennae reddish, pale yellow above. 

 Pectus somewhat tawny. Abdomen brown, with a testaceous apical 

 tuft. Fore wings reddish ferruginous along the exterior border, and 

 with a streak of the same hue near the costa towards the tip, mostly 

 adorned with whitish purple speckles ; five transverse dark brown 

 lines; first basal, much abbreviated hindward ; second oblique, 

 almost straii^ht; third undulating, approximating to the second 

 hindward ; fourth submarginal, straight, oblique ; fifth marginal, 

 regularly denticulated; under side cinereous-brown. Hind winjis 

 dark brown, with testaceous cilias ; under side pale yellow. Length 

 of the body 12 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Genus 13. ACH.EA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis valida, mediocris. Palpi va- 

 lidi, erecli, pilosi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus. Antennae simplices, 



