LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 687 



Fern. White. Palpi black, white beneath. Antennae black, 

 white at the base. Thorax with three black dots on each side, four 

 in front and two in the middle. Abdomen luteous above, with three 

 rows of black dots; under side with two rows of black dots. Tibiae 

 and tarsi black, with white bands. Fore wings with numerous 

 black dots of various size and shape, nearly equally disposed over 

 the surface. Hind wings with a black discal dot, and with a few 

 submarginal black spots. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 

 22 lines. 



a. West Africa. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 35. ANTHEUA. 



Mas. Corpus longum, robustum. Oculi magni. Proboscis 

 capitis latitudine aequalis. Palpi breviusculi, oblique ascendentes ; 

 articulus 2us lo multo longior ; 3us minutus, acuto-conicus. An- 

 tennae mediocriter pectinatae, apice serratae, corporis triente vix 

 breviores. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes validi, 

 breviusculi, late ciliati ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longius- 

 culis. Alae sat latae non longae. 



Male. Body long, stout. Eyes large. Proboscis full as long 

 as the breadth of the head. Palpi obliquely ascending, rather short ; 

 second joint much longer than the first ; third minute, acute-conical. 

 Antennae nearly one-third of the length of the body, moderately 

 pectinated ; the branches ceasing towards the tips, where the an- 

 tennae are serrated. Abdomen extending for rather more than one- 

 third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, rather short, 

 deeply ciliated ; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings 

 rather broad, not long. Fore wings straight along the costa ; three 

 inferior veins ; first and second near together at the base ; third 

 remote. 



This genus seems to connect the Arctiidce with the Noctuites. 



1. Antheua simplex. 



Pallide testacea ; caput et thorax luteo fasciata ; abdomen supra 



nigricans, basi et apice testaceum, maculis lateralibus ochra- 



ceis ; alee albidce, anticce nitentes sericece strigis pallidissime 



fuscis. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Head and thorax with slight pale 



luteous bands. Abdomen blackish above, except at the base and at 



the tip, with a row of orange spots along each side. Wings whitish. 



