LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 505 



23. LlTHOSIA CEREOLA. 



Ochracea ; alee anticce disco cinerascenle ; thorax et abdomen 

 cinerea. 



Lithosia cereola, Herr.-S chaff. Samml. Eur. Schmelt. ii. Text, 

 158, 15. Zeller, Ent. Zeit. Stett. viii. 337. Bering, Ent. 

 Zeit. Stett. ix. 107. 



Bombyx cereola, H'ubn. Samml. Eur. Schmett. 128, 10, pi. 24, f.99. 



Lithosia Stoberi, Mann. 



Germany. 



24. Lithosia vicaria. 



Cinerea ; caput et prothorax lutea ; abdomen apicem versus subtus- 

 que testaceum ; pedes fusci, postici testacei ; alee anticce testaceo 

 marginatce, costa lutea ; posticce testacece. 



Nearly allied to L. lurideola, but the abdomen is clothed with 

 testaceous hairs, whereas in L. lurideola it is clothed with white 

 hairs and at the tip with luteous hairs. 



Gray. Head, prothorax, proboscis and palpi luteous, the latter 

 black towards the tips. Antenna? brown. Abdomen testaceous to- 

 wards the tip and beneath. Legs testaceous; femora towards the 

 tips, fore tibiae and fore tarsi brown. Fore wings with a testaceous 

 fringe at the tips, and a testaceous stripe along the costa which is 

 luteous. Hind wings testaceous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



ft. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



25. Lithosia antica. 



Flavido-testacca, robusta ; caput et prothorax lutea ; palpi apice 

 nigricantes ; antennae fuscce ; thoracis discus cinereus ; tibice 

 tarsique anteriora genuaque supra nigricantia ; aim antica 

 cinerea, vitta lata costali margineque angusto apicali testaceis. 



Yellowish testaceous, stout. Thorax in front and head luteous. 

 I Palpi with blackish tips. Antennae brown. Disk of the thorax 

 gray. Knees and anterior tibiae and tarsi blackish above. Fore 

 wings gray, with a broad testaceous stripe in front and a narrower 

 one at the tips. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 

 lines. 



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



