438 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 



apical border; hind angle rounded; second superior vein trifurcate, 

 curved ; first and second inferior veins united for a short space from 

 the discal areolet ; third curved, a little nearer to the fourth than to 

 the second. Hind wings very broad, extending far beyond the 

 abdomen ; second inferior vein twice further from the third than 

 from the first ; third a little nearer to the second than to the fourth 



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1. Agalope basalis. 



Nigra ; antenna nigro-virides ; abdomen apice subtus testaceum , 

 pedes obscure testacei, cano-tomentosi ; alee albidce, subhyha 

 lince ; anticce basi lutece, fascia discali et triente apicali cine- 

 reis albido quadrimaculatis, venis nigris ; posticce anticii 

 multo latiores, venis albis. 



Male and Female. Black. Antenna? greenish black. Abdo 

 men testaceous at the tip beneath. Legs dark testaceous with hoary 

 tomentum. Wings whitish. Fore wings luteous at the base ; dis 

 cal band and apical third part gray including one complete and two 

 or three incomplete whitish spots ; veins black. Hind wings much 

 broader than the fore wings ; veins white. Length of the body 4£ 

 — & lines; of the wings 16 — 19 lines. 



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

 d. North India. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



Genus 59. RETINA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile, sublineare, fere cylindricum, Iongi- 

 tudine mediocri. Caput antice convexum, non conicum. Palpi 

 capite valde breviores ; articulus 3us acuminatus, minimus. An- 

 tennae subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans Pedes 

 graciles ; tibia? posticae calcaribus duabus apicalibus minimis. Ala? 

 longiusculae, sat angustae, subfusiformes, non angulatae; anticae 

 vena 3a superiore trifurcata, la et 2a inferioribus apud baseos con- 

 junctis. 



Male. Body rather slender, moderately long, nearly linear and 

 cylindrical. Head convex in front, not conical as in Eterusia. 

 Palpi, very much shorter than the head ; third joint pointed, very 

 minute. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen extending for 

 nearly one-fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs slen- 

 der ; hind tibiae with two extremely minute apical spurs. Wings 

 rather long and narrow, nearly fusiform, not angular ; third superior 



