510 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 



42. LlTHOSIA HIRTA. 



Alba ; antennae fuscce ; abdomen supra testaceum, pilosum ; alee 

 posticm testacem. 



White. Antennae brown. Proboscis and palpi testaceous. 

 Abdomen testaceous and hairy above. Fore wings long and narrow, 

 more pointed at the tips than in the preceding species of this genus ; 

 hinder half slightly tinged with gray. Hind wings testaceous, 

 deeply fringed along the inner border. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



«, b. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



43. LlTHOSIA LONGIPENNIS. 



Flava ; alee anticce fusco marginatae. 



Yellow. Palpi brownish towards the tips. Tibia? and tarsi 

 brownish. Fore wings long, narrow, conical at the tips, with a very 

 narrow brown border which is slightly widened at the tips, and does 

 not extend further than the tips of the hind wings towards the base 

 behind. Hind wings with a brown fringe at the tips. Length of 

 the body 6^ lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Mexico. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



44. LlTHOSIA TETRAGONA. 



Pallide testacea ; capitis fascia lata tkoracisque discus nigro-fusca ; 

 alee anticce macula maxima oblonga tetragona discali guttaque 

 costali anteapicali nigro-fuscis. 



Pale testaceous. Head with a broad blackish brown band in 

 front. Palpi with brown tips. Proboscis luteous. Antennae brown. 

 Fore tibiae and tarsi with brown stripes. Fore wings fringed with 

 brown at the tips; disks mostly occupied by a very large oblong 

 quadrangular dark brown spot which extends to the hind border 

 but not to the fore border ; on the latter near the tip there is a small 

 dark brown spot. This species is especially distinguished by its 

 large head, robust thorax, and narrow but not long fore wings, 

 which are more quadrate at the tips than those of the preceding 

 species of Lithosia. Length of the body 5^- lines; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a, Silhet. From the Rev. J. Stainfoith's collection. 



