180 ME. F. WALKER ON HETEEOCEEOUS LEPLDOPTEEA 



with indistinct brownish streaks between the veins, the latter with 

 white lines as in the preceding species ; discal line accompanied along 

 its hinder side towards the base by a short, slight, black line, and con- 

 tiguous in front at its tip to a diffuse brown mark ; exterior line, mar- 

 ginal points, and hind wings as in the preceding species. Length of 

 the body 7 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 

 This species very closely resembles L. roseilinea, and there may be con- 

 necting links between them ; the chief difference is in the discal brown 

 mark, which is not beyond but in front of the end of the white line. 



226. Leucania ? abbreviata, n. s. Mas. Pallide testacea, antennis 

 subsetulosis subpubescentibus, abdomine longiusculo, alis breviusculis 

 latiusculis, alis anticis acutis lineis interioribus ferrugineis vix con- 

 spicuis, linea submarginali valde interrupta e guttis nigricantibus. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Palpi not rising so high as the vertex ; 2nd 

 joint curved; 3rd lanceolate, less than half the length of the 2nd. 

 Antennae minutely setulose and pubescent. Abdomen rather long, 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; spurs 

 very long. Wings short, rather broad. Fore wings acute, with some 

 indistinct ferruginous lines towards the base, and with a very incom- 

 plete submarginal line composed of blackish cinereous dots ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border very slightly convex, rather oblique. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



G-en. Nonageia, Ochs. 



227- Nonagria seticornis, n. s. Faun. Murina, corpore subtus 

 albido, palpis ascendentibus articulo 3° parvo, antennis subpubescen- 

 tibus subsetulosis, alis anticis latiusculis fusco conspersis apice rotun- 

 datis, lineis duabus fuscis denticulatis subundulatis, linea submargi- 

 ginali punctisque marginalibus nigricantibus, fimbria albida, alis posticis 

 fuscis. 



Female. Mouse-colour. Body whitish beneath. Palpi ascending, 

 slightly curved, not rising higher than the vertex ; 3rd joint conical, 

 minute, less than one-fourth of the length of the 2nd. Antenna; 

 minutely pubescent and setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments and tip white. Wings 

 rather broad, not long. Fore wings rounded at the tips, brown- 

 speckled ; interior and exterior lines brown, slender, denticulated, 

 ■lightly undulating ; submarginal lira; and marginal points blackish ; 

 fringe whitish ; costa slightly convex ; exterior border convex, rather 

 oblique. Bind wings brown. Length of the body (>| lines; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



This species may form a new genus. 



Gen. Besmaua, n. g. 

 Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi oblique asceuden- 



