4*2(3 LEPIDOPTfiltA HETEROCERA. 



Genus 52. LAURION. 



Corpus fere lineare et cylindricum, breviusculnm, niediocriter 

 validuni. Caput antice eonvexum. Palpi brevissimi ; articulus 

 3us minimus. Antenna) filiform es, maris sat late peclinata), farmi- 

 ng mediocriter pectinate. Abdomen alarum margineiu postieum 

 non atttingens. Pedes graciles ; tibia) posticus calcaribus duobus 

 minimis. Ala) latissima), non Ion gee, ex parte metallicae ; anticae 

 venis la et 2a superiore trifnrcata. 



Epidesraa, p., ll'iibn. Verz. Schmett. 1 70. 



Body nearly linear and cylindrical, ratber short, moderately 

 stout. Head convex in front. Palpi very short ; third joint very 

 small. Antenme filiform, rather deeply pectinated in the male, mo- 

 derately pectinated in the female. Abdomen not extending so far 

 as the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibia) with two very minute 

 spurs. Wings very broad, not long-, partly metallic ; first and second 

 inferior veins of the fore wings contiguous at the base ; second su- 

 perior vein trifurcate. 



1. Laurion metallica. 



Viridi -metallica ; ala antiac <cneo-vi rides, fascia obliqua Jlava, 

 subtus cupreo-fuscce ; posticw cupreo-fitscic, viridi varice, ma 

 cula antica jiava. 



Metallic green. Fore wings aeneous green, cupreous brows 

 beneath, with a yellow oblique band beyond the middle. Hind 

 wings cupreous brown* tinged here and there with green, with a yel- 

 low spot on the fore border at two-thirds of the length. Length of 

 the body 5 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a — c. Silhet. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 

 d. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 

 c—tj. Silhet. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



2. Laurion Ccenea. 



yi(/)'o-fusca ; a!(C antiecc fascia obliqua fiava. 



Phaleena Noctua Cacnea, Drury, App. iii. ///. Exot. Ins. iii. 27, pi. 



21, f. 3. 

 Epidesma Csenea, Hubn, Verz. Schmett, 176, 1824. 

 Callimorpha Camea, Westic. cd. Drunj, iii. 29, pi. 21, f. 3. 



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