LEPLDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 871 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi stout, porrect, 

 exteuding far beyond the head ; third joint linear, about half the 

 length of the second. Antenna? simple, stout, very minutely pubes- 

 cent, a little more than half the length of the body. Abdomen ex- 

 tending for nearly half tbe length beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 stout; hind tibia? with four long spurs. Wings rather short and 

 narrow, slightly indented and angular along the exterior border. 

 Fore wings straight in front, rectangular at the tips, slightly 

 oblique along the exterior border ; fourth inferior vein remote from 

 the others. 



Asia. 



1. PENICILLARIA NUGATRIX. 



Obscure ferruginosa ; abdomen cervinum ; alee anticce lineis trans- 

 versis pallidis fusco marginatis ; posticce albce, margine latis- 

 simo ferrugino&o. 



Penicillaria nugatrix, Gceen. Noct. ii. 303, 1110. 



a — d. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

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



2. Penicillaria Jocosatrix. 



Fusca, subpurpurascens ; tarsi albo cincti ; alee anticce lineis 

 transversis angulatis strigauue discali albidis, fascia obliqua 

 ferruginea ; posticce albee, semihyalince, margine latissimo 

 purpurea- jus co. 



Penicillaria Jocosatrix, Guen. Noct. ii. 304, 1111. 



Java. 



3. Penicillaria delatrix. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; tarsi albo-cincti ; alee anticce fascia, gutta 

 postica maculisque duabus anticis nigro-fuscis ex parte albido 

 marginatis ; posticce cinereee, apud margines fuscce. Var. /3. — 

 Alee anticce fuscce, macula costali subapicali dirnidioque basali 

 obscurioribus, macula 2a guttaque postica obsoletis. 



Penicillaria delatrix, Guen. Noct. ii. 304, 1112. 



Java. 



