506 LEPJDOPTERA HETEKOCERA. 



26. LlTHOSIA SAXEOLA. 



Cinerea ; alee anticcB vittis duabus, una antica, altera discali albis. 



Achroia saxeola (Phalaana vera, Lithosia tineiformis), H'ubn. Samml. 

 Exot. Schmett. ii. 12, 121, f. 241, 242. 



Surinam. 



27. Lithosia seeva. 



Pallide cinerea ; caput et prothorax pallide lutea ; abdomen apicem 

 versus subtusque testaceum ; pedes testacei, anticifusci ; alee 

 anticce apud costam posticceque omnino testacece. 



This species apparently hardly differs from L. griseola, but the 

 antennae are rather longer and thicker. 



Pale gray. Head and prothorax pale luteous. Palpi black 

 towards the tips. Proboscis tawny. Antennae brown. Abdomen 

 testaceous towards the tips and beneath. Legs testaceous ; fore legs 

 mostly brown. Fore wings testaceous along the costa. Hind wings 

 testaceous. Length of the body 4^- lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a — c. Nepaul. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 



28. Lithosia vetusta. 



Testacea; caput fere album ; thorax, pectus et alee supra albido-te*- 

 tacea ; palpi apice nigri ; antennee, tibiae tarsique fusca. 



Testaceous. Head almost white. Thorax, pectus and wings 

 above whitish testaceous. Palpi with black tips. Antenna?, tibiae, 

 and tarsi brown. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 13 

 lines. 



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



29. Lithosia bicosta. 



Cinerea ; caput luteum ; antennce picece ; alee antica vitta costali 

 alba, costa lutea; posticce Jlavce. 



Not differing in structure from L. complana, lurideola and 

 vicaria, but distinct in the colour of the body and of the costa. 



Gray. Plead luteous. Antennae piceous. Abdomen with a 

 whitish tinge. Fore legs dark gray. Fore wines with a slender 



