﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1635 



Male, Testaceous, mostly liiteous beneath. Head and fore 

 part of the thorax somewhat luteous. Abdomen with some yellowish 

 white apical hairs. Wings irregularly clouded with pale fer- 

 ruginous, and with irregular denticulated and undulating lines of 

 the same hue; under side not tinged with ferruginous and with the 

 lines more regular ; fringe mostly brown, with transverse pale 

 testaceous apical streaks. Fore wings with a slight pale purplish 

 tinge at the base and along the interior part of the costa ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks and a hindward point in a line between them 

 somewhat opaline-white with ferruginous borders ; orbicular forming 

 'a round dot; reniform nearly round, containing two irregular 

 ferruginous points. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



a, Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



Genus 32. OBROATIS. 



Mas. Corpus sat validura. Fasciculus frontalis non por- 

 rectus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi sat validi, oblique ascendentes ; 

 articulus 2us subpilosus ; 3us pubescens, linearis, apice rotundatus, 

 2i triente brevior. Antennae subcrenulatae, corporis diraidio valde 

 longiores. Abdomen subcylindricum, alas posticas non snperans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes sat validi, subpilosi; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus longissimis. AIbb longiusculae ; anticae apud 

 costam subrectae, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore postico 

 perobliquo. 



Male, Body moderately stout Frontal tuft not prominent. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi rather stout, obliquely ascending ; second 

 joint slightly pilose; third pubescent, linear, rounded at the tip, 

 not one-third of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 crenulate, very much more than half the length of the body. Abdo- 

 men nearly cylindrical, not extending beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft very small. Legs moderately stout, slightly pilose; hind 

 tibiae with very long spurs. Wings rather long, moderately broad. 

 Fore wings almost straight along the costa, rectangular at the tips ; 

 hind part of the exterior border very oblique. 



L Obroatis negata. 



Mas. Rufescens ; corpus subopalino-cinereum ; caput et thorax 

 anticus ferruginea ; tibice anticce apice nivece; alee nigro sub- 



