LEPIOOPTERA HETEEOCERxt. 
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almost bare, black beneath towards the tips ; third joint lanceolate, 
much more than half the length of the second. Antennae simple, 
slender, filiform, hardly longer than the thorax. Thorax with a 
yellow stripe on each side. Abdomen with three yellow bands, one 
at the base and two about the middle ; apical tuft yellow, blackish 
at the tip and beneath. Coxae whitish ; fore legs testaceous, their 
tarsi black, testaceous at the base; hind legs rather stout; a whitish 
band across the middle of the tibiae, and another at the base of the 
tarsus. Wings very narrow. Fore wings purplish cupreous. Hind 
wings limpid, with purplish cupreous cilia?. Length of the body 4 
lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. North China. From Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
Country unknown. 
107. Algeria l;eta. 
Mas. Atra ; palpi sat validi ; antenna apices versus alba ; tho- 
rax albo bivitlatus ; pectoris latera alba ; abdomen rufum 
maculis dorsalibus nigris , basi nigrum maculis duabus albis ; 
pedes albi , tibiis apice femoribusque cyaneo-nigris ; ala lim - 
pida , antica apice cupreo-nigra , striga transversa discali 
nigra. 
Male. Deep black. Palpi rather stout. Antennas simple, 
nearly twice the length of the thorax, very slightly thickened towards 
the tips, white for more than one-third of the length from the tips, 
which are blackish. Thorax with a w'hite stripe on each side. 
Pectus white on each side. Abdomen red, with black dorsal spots, 
which towards the base occupy the whole surface, and contain each 
a whitish spot. Legs white; femora and tips of the tibiae bluish 
black. Wings limpid ; ciliae black and short. Fore wings with 
cupreous-black tips, and with a black streak across the tip of the 
discal areolet. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines, 
a. P 
108. Algeria Cryptiformis. 
Mas. Nigra ; caput postice jlavo hirtum ; palpi subtus pilosis- 
simi ; antenna filif or mes, subtus serrata et pubescentes ; tibia 
calcaribus fulvis ; ala limpida ; antica apice fusca , costa 
fasciaque pur pur eo - nigris. 
Male. Black. Head behind with yellowish hairs. Palpi very 
pilose beneath. Antennae filiform, serrated and pubescent beneath, 
