﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1665 



costali basali subconvexa, margine exteriore subconvexo per- 

 obliquo. 



Female, Body hardly stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi short, porrect, hardly extending beyond the head ; 

 third joint very minute. Antennae bare, rather stout, less than half 

 the length of the body. Abdomen very long, inclining to an 

 elongated fusiform shape, extending for nearly half its length 

 beyond the hiud wings. Legs rather stout, slightly pilose; hind 

 tibiae with long spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings slightly 

 convex towards the basal part of the costa, somewhat rounded at 

 the tips; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 



1. Hegrta roseoalba. 



Fcem. Testaceo-alhida ; palpi exius fusci; abdomen ex parte 

 subferrugineum ; alee anticce marginibus vittaque subroseis, 

 yutta discali fusca^ linea exteriore fuscescente angulosa iiidis- 

 tincta incompleta, punctis marginalibus nigris optime deter- 

 minatis ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece^ fimbria albida. 



Female, Whitish, slightly and partly testaceous. Palpi brown 

 on the outer side. Abdomen with a slight ferruginous tinge in the 

 middle part. Fore wings with a slight rosy tinge along the borders, 

 and with a more distinctly rosy discal stripe, which is slightly 

 speckled with brown, and contains a brown dot ; an indistinct and 

 incomplete exterior brownish zigzag line ; some brown speckles 

 along the interior border ; marginal points black, very distinct. 

 Hind wings brownish cinereous, with a whitish fringe. Length of 

 the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus BRADA. 



Mas. Corpus valde robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi 

 erecti, validi, pubescentes, arcle applicati; articulus 2us sub- 

 arcuatus ; 3us conicus, minimus. Antennae validae, longae, dense 

 crenulatae, corporis dimidio longiores. Thorax dense vestitus. 

 Abdomen lanceolatum, sat pilosum, alas posticas dimidio superans, 

 pilis apicalibus suberectis. Pedes validi, pilosi ; tibiae postica^ cal- 

 caribus longissimis. Alae breviusculae, sat angustae; anticae apud 

 costam subconvexae, apice subrectangulatae, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo; posticae subabbreviatae. 



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