LEPIDOPTEBA HETEKOCERA. 495 



Var. e. Tip of the abdomen gray. 



a, b. Silhet. From the Kev. J. Stain forth 's collection. 

 c. Silhet. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 d. ? 



2. Lithosia Entella. 



Testaceus ; antennce nigra ; thoracis discus viridis ; alee anticce 

 costa fasciisque duabus latis antice excavatis et connexis viridi- 

 bus ; femora apice, tibice tarsique viridia subtus testaceo 

 vittala. 



Phalaena Tinea Entella, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 27, pi. 208, f. D. 

 Noctna Delia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 25. Donov. Epit. Ins. New 



Holl. pi. 

 Oenistis Entelliola, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 165, 1703. 

 Lithosia Delia, Boisd. Voy. de I' Astrolabe, Pt. 1, Lep. 209, 1. 



Like L. quadra in structure, but with much longer and narrower 

 fore wings. 



Testaceous. Antennae and palpi black. Proboscis ferru- 

 ginous. Disk of the thorax metallic green. Fore wings with the 

 costa nearly to the tip and with two very broad bands metallic 

 green ; the bands are connected by the costa, and are excavated in 

 front for more than two-thirds of their breadth, the second is apical. 

 Femora towards the tips, tibiae and tarsi metallic green ; hind tibiae 

 partly and hind tarsi testaceous beneath. Length of the body 6 

 lines ; of the w f ings 19 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



3. Lithosia signata. 



Albido-testacea ; palpi apice, antennce thoracisque discus nigra ; 

 tibice tarsique fuscescentia ; alee subtus Jlavo-iestacece, antica- 

 nigro bimaculatce. 



Whitish testaceous. Palpi with black tips. Proboscis tawny. 

 Antennae black. Thorax with a black disk. Tibiae and tarsi 

 brownish. Wings beneath yellowish testaceous. Fore wings with 

 a large bla.ck spot in the middle by the hind border, and a smaller 

 one by the fore border and nearer the tip of the wing. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Shanghai, North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



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