542 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEEOCEEA. 



little shorter and more slender than the second. Antennae setaceous, 

 moderately deeply pectinated, more than half the length of the 

 body. Abdomen 'extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 rather slender ; hind tibiee with four long spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad, not long. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, oblique 

 along the apical border ; hind angle slightly rounded ; first and 

 second inferior veins contiguous at the base; fourth about four 

 times further from the third than the third is from the second. 



1. 2Emene Tapeobanis. 



Albida ; palpi testacei, apice nigri ; antenna testacece ; tibiee tar- 

 sique antica nigra , albido fasciata ; alee anticce guttis paucis 

 nigris. 



Whitish. Palpi testaceous, black towards their tips. Proboscis 

 and antennae testaceous. Fore tibiae and fore tarsi black, with 

 whitish bands. Fore wings with a few black dots which extend 

 along the costa and along the disk and across the tips. Length of 

 the body 3 — 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 — 9 lines. 



a, b. Ceylon. From the Kev. J. Wenham's collection. 



Genus 121. PALLENE. 



Mas. Corpus gracile, mediocriter longum. Palpi recti, capite 

 valde breviores ; articulus 3us linearis, apice conicus, 2o brevior et 

 gracilior. Antennae setaceae, pubescentes, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen alarum margines posticos fere attingens. Pedes sat gra- 

 ciles ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alee latiusculae, 

 non longae ; anticae costa subconvexa, margine apicali vix obliquo, 

 angulo postico rotundato. 



Male. Body slender, moderately long. Palpi straight, much 

 shorter than the head; third joint linear, conical at the tip, shorter 

 and more slender than the second. Antennae pubescent, setaceous, 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending 

 quite so far as the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Wings rather broad, not long, like those of 

 the Tortrieidce. Fore wings slightly convex in front, very slightly 

 oblique along the apical border; hind angle rounded; third inferior 

 vein at the base much nearer to the second than to the fourth. 



