LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1523 
Country unknown. 
25. COSSUS SUBOCELLATUS. 
Foem. Testacea ; palpi nigricantes , caput non superantes ; an - 
tennee fulvce, subserratee , thoracis longitudine ; alee nigro sub - 
reticulates , anticce f asciis duabus subapicalibus arcuatis una- 
gue basali recta nigris, posticee supra fuscescentes. 
— subocellata, Stephens , MSS . 
Female P Dull testaceous. Palpi blackish, extending as far 
as the head; third joint elongate-conical, acute. Antennae tawny, 
very minutely serrated, as long as the thorax. Abdomen with black 
bands. Fore wings imperfectly reticulated with black, with a 
straight slightly oblique black band near the base, and with two 
slender curved black subapical bands, one in front, the other be- 
hind. Hind wings slightly reticulated, brownish above. Length 
of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 
a. ? From Mr. Children’s collection. 
26. COSSUS BASALIS. 
Mas. Albidus , sat validus ; caput , palpi et antennee nigricantia ; 
palpi caput non superantes ; antennee subpectinatee , thorace 
paullo longiores ; abdomen alas posticas plus dimidio superans ; 
alee angustee, subreticulatee , anticce f asciis duabus nigris, una 
basali , altera arcuata subapicali. 
Male . Whitish, moderately stout. Head, palpi and antennae 
blackish. Palpi extending as far as the head; third joint acute, 
conical. Antennae slightly pectinated, a little longer than the tho- 
rax. Abdomen extending for more than half its length beyond the 
hind wings. Wings narrow, slightly reticulated with minute trans- 
verse black marks. Fore wings with a black band near the base, 
and with a black curved subapical band. Length of the body 
6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
Genus 2. ENDAGRIA. 
“ Corpus debilius, villosum. Palpi squamosi-hirsuti. Antennae 
sat elongatse, maris unidentatae, fcemince ciliatae. Abdomen graci- 
lius, fcemince oviductu exerto. Alae breviores, latiusculae, cinereo 
albidoque variegatae.’’ — Boisd. 
Bombyx, p., H'ubn.; Borkh. ; Esp. ; Scriba ; Brahm. 
Cossus, p., Ochs . ; Meig. 
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