LEI'IIJOPTEBA. HETEROCERA. 525 



minimus. Antennae graciles, setaceae, puhescentes. Abdomen alas 

 posticas triente superans. Pedes graciles, longiusculi ; tibiae anticae 

 breves, latae ; postieae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae sat angustae, 

 non elongatae ; anticae ad cosiam subconvexa?, apice conicae, postice 

 vix angulatee. 



Male. Body slender, linear, cylindrical, very long. Palpi 

 pubescent, curved, ascending, shorter than the head; third joint 

 very minute. Antennae slender, setaceous, pubescent. Abdomen 

 extending for full one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs slender, rather long; fore tibiae short and broad; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Wings rather narrow, of moderate length. 

 Fore wings very slightly convex in front, somewhat conical at the 

 tips, hardly angular behind ; fourth inferior vein beginning before 

 half the length of the wing, third beginning before two-thirds of the 

 length. 



1. SCOTURA PYRALOIDES. 



Schislacea, subglauca ; caput et palpi lutea ; proboscis fulva ; 

 antennce niyrce, basi lutece. 



Slate-colour, slightly glaucous. Head and palpi luteous. 

 Proboscis tawny. Antennae black, luteous at the base. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 105. AREVA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile, sublineare, longiusculum. Palpi por- 

 recti, capite multo breviores; arti cuius 3us minimus, 2i quadrario 

 non longior. Antennae graciles, setosae. Abdomen apice fascicu- 

 latum, alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes longi, gracillimi; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter longis. Alae longae, an- 

 gustae ; anticae costa subconvexa ; postice non angulatae, disco subtus 

 fasciculato. 



Male. Body slender, nearly linear, rather long. Palpi porrect, 

 much shorter than the head ; third joint very small, not more than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenna- slender, setose. Ab- 

 domen extending a little beyond the hind wings, tufted at the tip. 

 Legs long, very slender; hind tibiae with four spurs of moderate 

 size. Wings long and narrow. Fore wings slightly convex in 

 front, not angular behind, thickly tufted along the middle of the disk 

 beneath with long hairs. 



