LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA.. 769 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis short. Palpi very slightly 

 ascending, extending some distance beyond the head ; second joint 

 long, dilated towards the tip ; third very minute, not more than one- 

 sixth of the length of the second. Antennae stout, simple, three- 

 fourths of the length of the body. Abdomen cylindrical, extending 

 for one-fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs rather 

 stout ; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. Wings rather narrow. 

 Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, convex and very 

 slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Ariola cgelisigna. 



Cinerea ; caput, palpi et thorax anticus fusca ; antenna? nigri- 

 canles; ala? antica? virides, antice saturations, vitta media 

 argentea, fascia maryinali purpurea tineas marginalem et 

 submarginalem atras includente, hac submaculari ; postica 

 nigro-cinerece. 



Cinereous. Head, palpi and fore part of the thorax brown. 

 Antennae blackish. Fore wings gretn, with a silvery white middle 

 stripe, in front of which the green is much deeper than elsewhere ; 

 a bright purple marginal band including the deep black marginal 

 and submarginal lines, the latter almost macular. Hind wings 

 blackish cinereous. Length of the body 4 — 4^ lines ; of the wings 

 9—10 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



b. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



c. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



Genus 5. APHUSIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi sub- 

 decumbentes, longiusculi, sat graciles, caput longe superantes ; 

 articulus 3us cylindricus, 2o vix brevior. Antennae simplices, cor- 

 poris dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen alas posticas perpaullo 

 superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae 

 anticae sat angustae, apud costam perparum convexa?, apice sub- 

 rotuudatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi rather 

 long and slender, slightly decumbent, extending far beyond the 

 head ; third joint cylindrical, almost as long as the second. An- 

 tennae simple, much more than half the length of the body. Abel j- 



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