﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1731 



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Genus ANSA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, 

 porrecti; articulus 2us subpilosus, vix arcuatus; 3us lonp:us, 

 linearis, 2o brevior. Antennae subsetosae, vix crenulatae, corporis 

 dimidio valde longiores. Thorax tegulis elevatis. Abdomen basi 

 subcristatum, alas posticas nou superans. Pedes validi, densissime 

 fasciculati. Alse mediocres; anticae apud costam rectae, apice 

 subrectangulatSB, margine exteriore obliquo subdenticulato. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi long, porrect ; 

 second joint slightly pilose, hardly curved ; third long, linear, some- 

 what shorter than the second. Antennae hardly crenulated, with 

 very minute setae, much more than half the len^^th of the body. 

 Thorax with elevated tegulae. Abdomen slia:htly crested at the 

 base, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, with very 

 dense tufts of long hairs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight along the cosla, nearly rectangular at the tips, slightly 

 denticulated and moderately oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Ansa filtpalpis. 



Mas. Nigra^ ferrugineo varia, subtus cinerea; alee anticce fer- 

 ruginece^ nigro conspersce^ lineis plurimis nigris transversis 

 undulatis denticulatis, punctis submarginalibus nigris pallido 

 notatis ; posticce cinerece. 



Male. Black, varied with ferrus^inous, cinereous beneath. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings ferruginous, speckled with black, 

 and with numerous transverse undulating and denticulated black 

 lines ; submarginal points black, with pale marks. Hind wings 

 cinereous. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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LiTHOMiA Buddha. 



Fcem. Cinereo-cana ; caput supra fuscescens ; thorax striga 

 antica arcuata nigricante ; alee anticce angustce, lineolis plu- 

 rimis lanceolatis nigris et albidisy maculis duabus apud 



