LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 685 



1. Amphissa VACILLANS. 

 Alba ; palpi apice nigri ; antenna nigra ; abdomen supra luteum, 

 e maculis nigris trivittatum, subtus pallide cinereo-fuscum 

 vittis duabus macularibus nigris ; pedes fuscescentes, femoribus 

 anticis supra luteis apice nigris ; ala pallide cinereo-fuscce y 

 anticcB basi et apud costam albidce, posticce fusco marginatce. 



White. Proboscis testaceous. Palpi with black tips. Antenna? 

 black. Abdomen above luteous, with three rows of black spots ; 

 under side pale grayish brown, with a row of black spots along each 

 side. Legs brownish ; fore femora luteous above with black tips. 

 Wings pale grayish brown. Fore wings whitish towards the base 

 and along the costa. Hind wings brown along the inner border and 

 the outer border. Leugth of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 

 lines. 



a. Hong Kong. From Mr. Harrington's collection. 



Genus 33. LACYDES. 



Corpus sat crassum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi longi, porrecti, 

 graciles ; articulus 2us lo valde longior ; 3us gracilis, 2i dimidio 

 vix brevior. Tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor parvis. Alae medio- 

 criter lata. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas vix superans. Fcem. — Antennae serratae. Abdomen 

 alas posticas distincte superans. 



Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi long, porrect, slen- 

 der, extending beyond the head; second joint very much longer 

 than the first ; third nearly half the length of the second, slender, 

 sublanceolate. Hind tibiae with four small spurs. Wings of mo- 

 derate breadth. Fore wings a little narrower than the hind wings ; 

 first and second inferior veins almost contiguous at the base, third 

 about thrice further from the fourth than from the second. Male. — 

 Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen hardly extending be- 

 yond the hind wings. Female. — Antennae serrated. Abdomen ex- 

 tending to some length beyond the hind wings. 



1. Lacydes intercisa. 



Alba ; palpi ex parte antennceque fusca ; abdomen supra fuscum, 

 segmentis luteo fasciatis. Mas. — Thorax testaceo varius ; alee 

 anticcB fasciis quatuor obliquis cervinis macularibus, posticce 

 maculis guttisque marginalibus cervinis. Fcem. — Thorax 

 fusco varius ; alee fusco fasciatce et notatce. 



