LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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1. Phazaca erosioides. 
Fcem. Schistaceo-cinerea ; vertex albas ; alee anticce nigricante 
conspersce , linea submar ginali ferruginea angulata , guttis dua- 
bus poslicis nigris , punctis marginalibus atris ; posticce al - 
bido-cinerece , marginibus subochraceis, punctis tribus mar- 
ginalibus atris. 
Female. Slaty -cinereous. Vertex white. Abdomen whitish ci- 
nereous. Fore wings with blackish speckles, which are thick and 
partly confluent along the costa and towards the exterior border ; 
submarginal line ferruginous, forming an outward angle in the 
middle, retreating from the exterior border in front; two black dots 
near the hindward part of the inner side of the submarginal line ; 
marginal points deep black. Hind wings whitish cinereous, slightly 
tinged with pale ochraceous towards the borders ; a few blackish 
speckles near the interior border ; three marginal minute deep black 
points. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Genus 28. MIDEA. 
Fcem . Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi por- 
recti, lati, dense pilosi, capitis latitudine breviores ; articulus 3us 
brevissimus. Abdomen alas paullo superans. Pedes laeves, graciles, 
breviusculi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longissimis. Alee 
breviusculae, latiusculae; anticae acutse, margine exteriore recto sub- 
obliquo, margine exteriore vix excavato. 
Female . Body slightly stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi por- 
rect, broad, with short thick-set hairs, shorter than the breadth of 
the head ; third joint very short. Antennae smooth. Abdomen 
slightly tapering, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 
smooth, slender, rather short ; hind tibiae with four very long spurs. 
Wings rather short and broad. Fore wings acute ; costa and exte- 
rior border straight, the latter slightly oblique ; interior border 
hardly excavated. 
1. Midea rectalis. 
Fcem. Ferrugineo-rufa ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce linea 
recta obliqua cinerea intus nigricante nebulosa ; posticce ci - 
nereo-fuscce . 
Female. Ferruginous-red, brownish cinereous beneath. Ab- 
domen cinereous. Fore wings with a straight cinereous line, which 
