﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



1611 



anticse ol)longaB, vix acutae, costa apicem versus subarcuata, mar- 

 giue exteriore subrecto valde obliquo ; posticoe margine exteriore 

 flexo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Front triangular, prominent. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi of two colours, long, rather stout ; second 

 joint pilose; third linear, rounded at the tip, far more slender than 

 the second, and about half its length. Antennae very long and 

 slender, crenulate-ciliate, minutely serrated, not shorter than the 

 body. Thorax with the tegulae somewhat elevated. Abdomen long, 

 tapering, with an apical tuft, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs long, slender; tarsi extremely long; fore femora and 

 fore tibiee densely pilose. Fore wings oblong; costa slightly curved 

 towards the tip ; tips hardly acute ; exterior border very oblique, 

 almost straight. Hind wings with the exterior border somewhat 

 bent. 



1. Ctyfansa inconstans. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; caput et thorax anticus nigricantia cinereo 

 conspersa; palporum articulus 3u5 cinereus, nigro conspersus ; 

 pedes antici nigricantes, cinereo conspersi ; tarsi testacei ; alee 

 lineis nigricantibus diffusis undulatis indistinctis, linea 

 exteriore ferruginea deniiculata fusco purpurascente mar- 

 ginata, linea suhmarginali e maculis obscure fuscis, guttis 



j marginalibus nigris, linea rnarginali ferruginea nigro mar. 



I - ginata ; anticce orbiculari et reniformi concoloribus nigri- 

 cante diffuse marginatis, Var. /3. — Testacea^ lineis fusees- 

 centibus concisis. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 blackish, speckled with pale cinereous. Second joint of the palpi 

 testaceous on the inner side ; third pale cinereous, speckled with 

 black. Fore femora and fore tibiae blackish, speckled with pale 

 cinereous. Tarsi testaceous. Wings with the lines blackish, 

 diffuse, undulating, indistinct; exterior line ferruginous, irregular, 

 denticulated, interrupted in the fore wings, irregularly bordered 



, with dark purplish brown ; submarginal line of irregular dark brown 

 spots; marginal dots black; marginal line ferruginous, bordered 

 with black. Fore wings with the orbicular and reniform marks of 

 the ground-colour, with diffuse blackish borders. Var. /3. — Testa- 



. ceous ; the lines brownish, concise ; no purplish tinge. Length of 

 the body 7 — 8 lines; of the wings 16 — 18 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



